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By fact-checking Thoreau's observations at Walden Pond, we showed how old diaries and specimens can...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoScientists have used author Henry David Thoreau's notes to inform studies of climate change in...
5 wintry books to read during long nights
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWalden Pond was Thoreau's sometimes chilly muse. Lane Turner for The Boston Globe/via Getty ImagesWinter solstice brings the shortest day and longest...
Journey with Thoreau inspires world premiere work at Palm Beach Symphony
The Palm Beach Post via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn his book "Walden," the 19th-century American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau writes...
Nature writer encourages close observation | DON NOBLE
The Tuscaloosa News via Yahoo News· 6 months agoHenry David Thoreau’s “Walden,” while it has chapters on “Economy “ and “Reading,” is organized...
Garden: Benefits of a local community garden
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoSome gardeners enjoy the quiet solitude of gardening by themselves, alone in nature with the plants they love. Think Thoreau on Walden Pond! Other...
What Thoreau had to say about meaningless work
Quartz via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoWith talk of quiet quitters and pressure on employers to create a space where we can bring our whole selves to work, work is still work. Some of it’s...
On International Yoga Day, lessons from the first American yogi – Henry David Thoreau
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCelebrating International Yoga Day on the beach in Miami Beach, Fla., in 2022. Chandan Khanna/AFP...
Virginia author's memoir highlights a Caribbean escape from cubicle life
Star News via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoHenry David Thoreau spent two years in a cabin beside Walden Pond, learning to "simplify, simplify,"...
Woodburn: A most beautiful last wish
VC Star | Ventura County Star via Yahoo News· 9 months ago“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads,” Henry David Thoreau wrote in his masterstroke book, “Walden: Or, Life in the Woods.” I am not sure...
‘Visionary’ homebuilder Manny Barenholtz dies at 88
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAURORA – Longtime local resident and homebuilder Manny Barenholtz, who Mayor Ann Womer Benjamin called “truly a visionary,” died March 10 and was buried...