tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609830.post62889276439073169..comments2023-05-31T09:43:17.901+01:00Comments on The Blog of Henry David Thoreau: Thoreau's Journal: 19-Mar-1858Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609830.post-14073437654684597792007-03-21T15:40:00.000+00:002007-03-21T15:40:00.000+00:00from the Chapter entitled "The Village" from Walde...from the Chapter entitled "The Village" from Walden:<BR/><BR/>Every day or two I strolled to the village to hear some of the gossip which is incessantly going on there, circulating either from mouth to mouth, or from newspaper to newspaper, and which, taken in homoeopathic doses, was really as refreshing in its way as the rustle of leaves and the peeping of frogs. As I walked in the woods to see Bob Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10677112315573347556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609830.post-90223693185503163102007-03-21T15:29:00.000+00:002007-03-21T15:29:00.000+00:00Thoreau was not very far from the town of Concord,...Thoreau was not very far from the town of Concord, only a mile or two, I think. He never claimed to be living in the wilderness or to be completely isolated from society. His main intention was, I believe, to "Simplify, simplify" and to exerience and observe life as fully and honestly as he could and to record those exeriences and observations.Bob Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10677112315573347556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7609830.post-18059443652986072792007-03-21T13:14:00.000+00:002007-03-21T13:14:00.000+00:00A little off topic, I guess, but the first thing t...A little off topic, I guess, but the first thing that hit me when I read this entry is the question - where did he get paint? No Lowes or Home Depot. What was paint in those days? What was a brush? How did he get or make all of this? Just wondering.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com