Fourth of July: Walden Ponderings

"On July 4, 1845, Henry David Thoreau moved into a small cabin near Walden Pond in Massachusetts and began writing “Walden,” the autobiographical book that would define his legacy."

Many attribute what Thoreau wrote over the next two years, two months and two days while "living deliberately" in a cabin the size of a large bathroom as the nascent stirrings of the modern-day environmental movement.

While buying a few mementos at the Walden Pond store, I described our ~2 mile walk around Walden Pond to some dude tallying up my purchase as 'mystical'.

His response: "I hear you, brother."  In retrospect, that didn't come close.

Here are a few pics from our 2 hours, 2 minutes and 2 seconds @ Walden Pond.
     

 

There are many special places out there. This is one of them.

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

-Henry David Thoreau

Day by day, the drumbeats are getting louder.

Thanks, B'gese.

Love, Dad.

Williams Family Cairn @ Walden Pond - 7/2/2012