Thoreau Almanac

We leave this back page to a continuing series of quotes from Henry David Thoreau's Walden, paired with a Concord scene... both applicable to the season.

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All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant.

At right: Thoreau's cairn at Walden, circa early 1900. Evidence of a tradition, begun by Bronson Alcott and a Mrs. Adams from Dubuque, Iowa in 1872, whereby visitors add a stone to the pile at the shores of Walden Pond to commemorate Thoreau's stay there.

Photo courtesy of Art Today. Other art: Ann Stretton

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