Retracing Henry David Thoreau’s 1854 walk through Providence
In chaotic political times, when our health and spirits feel low, a long walk may be just the restorative medicine we need ...
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Exploring Art and Scholarship through a New Lens at the Center for the Study of World Religions
On a frigid January afternoon, students, faculty, staff, and alumni from Harvard Divinity School and Harvard College stepped carefully around the ice and snow surrounding Walden Pond. Accompanied only ...
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Ronald Johnson’s American Romanticism
An inheritor of a distinct tradition that stretched back to Coleridge and Emerson, Johnson’s naturalistic poetry was ...
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Sometimes the Best Gift Is Time Alone
She watched as I tried to balance the busy social life of my energetic 7-year-old twins, volunteered at their school, accepted various work commissions, prepared edits for a new book I had coming ...
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Can You Pay Attention, Please?
Professor Jonathan Heidt wrote a best sellling book just last year warning about ... And I think that there’s a reason people still read Walden Pond by Thoreau and don’t react to it by being ...
Pete Seeger and Me: Remembering the man, the music, and his legacy
Anyone aiming to understand folk musician Pete Seeger and his undying belief that music can make the world a better place should read this Inquirer essay from 1998.
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This Small Town In Massachusetts Is So Gorgeous, You’ll Think You’re In A Postcard
Walden Pond is a crystal-clear glacial lake surrounded by lush forests. It’s so beautiful, it makes postcards look dull in ...