Life in Bits of Poetry and in Other Things | "One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words." So wrote Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832). This blog is primarily for adults.
On this day, Independence Day, in 1858, Henry David Thoreau wrote the following observation in his journal:
It is far more independent to travel on foot.
Source: Daily Observations: Thoreau on the Days of the Year (2005), edited by Steve Grant