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westernhorse51
True Blue Farmgirl
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michele
farmingdale
n.j.
USA
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 Posted - May 31 2006 : 06:39:59 AM
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I know most and/or many of you have read Thoreau, me too but for some reason last night I started to read AGAIN, Walden. It's been quite a long while since I read it but this time I got so much more out of it. I didnt stop until it was finished. What an amazing man.
she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands Prov.31:13 |
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
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Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - May 31 2006 : 08:03:10 AM
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Michele - I agree - that book can be very easily placed in the "perennial favorites" category for me, too. It's been a long time since I've picked up Walden, and I just might again soon... Thoreau certainly was a thoughtful, wise and interesting man, I agree.
XOXO, Libbie
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EnchantedWoodsGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
959 Posts
Kathy
New Jersey
USA
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Posted - May 31 2006 : 7:08:30 PM
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I remember the first time I had read a snippet of Walden in high school - his words and wisdom were so poetic - there has not been a naturalist to match him since. He respected Mother Nature - something society today really should be doing.
"I went to the woods to live deliberately..." That book is one of my very favorites.
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
http://enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com/
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Jun 01 2006 : 10:52:23 AM
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One of my favorites too - I read it first when I was 13, so it has been a life-shaping experience for me. I'm glad you mentioned it - it's on my to-do list to give it a good read again.
Thoreau actually took the time to THINK - and to think independently. Sometimes it's hard to remember that is possible..
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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Hideaway Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1553 Posts
Jo
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Jun 01 2006 : 11:00:53 AM
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Thanks for reminding me to read that book again, too!
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dargaonfly1054
True Blue Farmgirl
257 Posts
Georgette
Nicholville
NY
USA
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Posted - Jun 02 2006 : 5:28:05 PM
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He is also my all time favorite. I love Thoreau!!
Georgette
"We need the tonic of wildness, to wade sometimes in marshes where the bittern and the meadow-hen lurk..." Thoreau |
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