“What is a country without rabbits and partridges? – Henry David Thoreau Thoreau retreated into nature. My retreat here at the Wurlitzer Foundation is much more comfortable than Thoreau’s cabin on Walden Pond. But the time is almost over. It has been a very productive experience in many ways. An unanticipated aspect is that I […]
Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these. -Ovid, born 43 BCE And yet, there is something powerful to be found in longevity. Ovid’s words speak to us from Rome more than 2000 years ago. For many, the language he spoke is now an obsolete exercise, valiantly kept alive by […]
Then we gather as we travel, Bits of moss and dirty gravel. And we chip of little specimens of stone And we carry home as prizes Funny bugs of handy sizes Just to give the day a scientific tone. -Charles Carryl I have just arrived back in the northern forests of New England after three […]