
Thoreau: Mourning Turtle Doves
by Ed Mooney
Thoreau: Mourning Turtle Doves An amble from Concord on out By Edward F. Mooney I propose an amble with Thoreau, keeping him usually in sight (not reined in), and letting him be sometimes conjured, rather than the subject of an exclusively scholarly, investigative report. There will be some polemic, a reverie or two, and thoughts on how we might teach others, our students or neighbors, what our walking companion has taught us. I don’t write solely from a place of […]
Categories: Essay, Fall 2012 Issue • Tags: mourning, nature, Thoreau