What Thoreau’s ‘Walden’ can tell us about social distancing and focusing on life’s essentials (Robert Thorson/PBS News Hour).
Thoreau and Social Distance
Bob Dylan contains multitudes: Walt Whitman as Dylan’s muse
Throughout his career, Dylan has borrowed from other great American writers. On his new album, it’s Whitman’s turn. (Salon)
How Many Steps Should We Be Walking Each Day?
A necessary conversation about how to best rethink a decades-old but arbitrary “rule” (InsideHook).
Personally I still shoot for 10,000.
Emerson: The Ideal in America
In Search of Walt Whitman, Part Two: The Civil War and Beyond (1861-1892)
In Search of Walt Whitman, Part One: The Early Years (1819-1860)
National Parks Service Biography of John Muir
Ed Simon: Why we will need Walt Whitman in 2020
“When the war began, Whitman was despondent, but the violence of those years seemed to strengthen and clarify his faith in democracy, a faith that would take on a transcendent dimension. ” (New York Times)
Dean’s List 