#Scarathlonphotochallenge #fall #skeletoncrew
Catching up on posts 🙂
@Clwojick @StayCurious @Emilymdxn
#Scarathlonphotochallenge #fall #skeletoncrew
Catching up on posts 🙂
@Clwojick @StayCurious @Emilymdxn
What a beautiful little place. As for this book, oye. Does anyone still like this thing? Today it reads sluggish and arrogant, without actually saying much of value. A little incoherent social media rant-ish, actually. 😬 It does have its moments, especially when focused on nature, or on deep winter isolation and spring joy.
I started this in May for #naturalitsy. And I persisted. It was… ok.
Comes with Mother to bring you food and take your dirty laundry away…
This was my #BookSpin draw for March, and I've been reading it off and on ever since. I started with a cheap paperback copy that I have had on my shelves for years, but the print was so tiny and dense that I finally gave up. I had more success with this edition - large pages, larger print, and lots of lovely photographs. But the truth of the matter is that I just didn't enjoy Thoreau's tone at all. It's sad, because I was actually predisposed to ⬇
#Rereadtheclassics
Our discussion thread is open. Please do let us know your thoughts on this classic book.
How did you get on?
Did you enjoy the pace?
What stood out for you?
Was there anything you didn't like?
"I discovered that my house actually had its site, in such a withdrawn, but forever new and unprofaned, part of the universe." I visited the tiny cabin and property (more remote than Thoreau's, actually) I once lived in last weekend, and this passage resonated with me. @AllDebooks #naturalitsy #rereadtheclassics
#rereadtheclassics @AllDebooks #naturalitsy
I love this so much. #eattherich
I am enjoying the discussion of how the more luxurious the house, the more burdensome it is. People toil through a lifetime deep in debt to have a nice house, and nowadays a lot of other things, they don't really need. And the maintenance, represented by his tossing out a couple of pieces of lime because they required dusting, sucks more of our lives than it is worth. #rereadtheclassics #naturalitsy @AllDebooks