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Project: Reading Thoreau’s Journal (2)

February 1, 2013

Aug. 28—(an excerpt) Evening.—A new moon visible in the east. I omit the unusual—the hurricanes and earthquakes—and describe the common. This has the greatest charm and is the true theme of poetry. You may have the extraordinary for your province, if you will let me have the ordinary. Give me the obscure life,… Read More Project: Reading Thoreau’s Journal (2)

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Project: Reading Thoreau’s Journal (1)

February 1, 2013

Over the past two weeks or so, I have been reading Henry David Thoreau’s Journal extensively and have been extremely inspired by it. Despite my growing interest in this collection, though, I have found that it is Thoreau’s least-well-known work, if not arguably his most extensive and successful. So, for my own inspiration’s sake,… Read More Project: Reading Thoreau’s Journal (1)

McKenzie Lynn Tozan

"How I linger to admire, admire, admire the things of this world that are kind." – Mary Oliver

Tag: The Journal of Henry David Thoreau

Project: Reading Thoreau’s Journal (2)

Project: Reading Thoreau’s Journal (1)