Saw two splendid rose-breasted grosbeaks with females in the young wood in Emerson’s lot. What strong- colored fellows, black, white, and fiery rose-red breasts! Strong-natured, too, with their… more →
drafty mountain hutwrote 1 hour ago: Saw two splendid rose-breasted grosbeaks with females in the young wood in Emerson’s lot. What … more →
wrote 2 hours ago: As Thoreau said, “My life has been the poem I would have writ But I could not both live and ut … more →
wrote 2 hours ago: “Simplify, simplify, simplify” -Henry David Thoreau Life can be a lot more simple. Prior … more →
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wrote 1 day ago: Your average English major of the past decade has decided to dismiss the body of Henry David Thoreau … more →
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wrote 1 day ago: “I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of hi … more →
wrote 1 day ago: “It’s not what you look at, but what you see” Henry David Thoreau The teensies … more →
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wrote 2 days ago: Saw the yellow-legs feeding on shore. Legs not bright-yellow. Goes off with the usual whistle; also … more →
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wrote 3 days ago: A student friend of a friend was doing research for a comparative religion class, and I was asked if … more →
wrote 3 days ago: “What’s the use of a fine house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?” ― H … more →
wrote 4 days ago: It is a splendid day, so clear and bright and fresh; the warmth of the air and the bright tender ver … more →
wrote 5 days ago: it’s not how low you go, but where and when you show ~ Elizabeth Squires … more →
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wrote 5 days ago: (14 May 2013, marriage equality Minnesota) A bad day for creeds; a bad day for stares; a bad day … more →
wrote 5 days ago: “I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately, I wanted to live deep and suck out all t … more →