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Meg wrote: "Ok here we go...How much time minimum did Thoreau spend walking in the fields and woods each day?"
I think I know this one. Don Henley, one of my favorite musicians, is very much involved in The Walden Woods Project and The Thoreau Institute and I read about Thoreau's walks on that website quite some time ago. I'm going to say Thoreau said he spent at least 4 hours walking in the woods each day.
Meg wrote: "Ok here we go...How much time minimum did Thoreau spend walking in the fields and woods each day?"
I'm going to guess 5 hours in the woods.
Pamela wrote: "Meg wrote: "Ok here we go...How much time minimum did Thoreau spend walking in the fields and woods each day?"
I think I know this one. Don Henley, one of my favorite musicians, is very much invo..."
Well, that's what I get for sleeping in this morning! 🤣 You are correct, Pammy Jo! In his essay on Walking, Thoreau says, "I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least - and it is commonly more than that - sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements."
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "🤣 All fun's got to end sometime, I suppose...😂 I'm just so proud of myself that I did such a stumper! 😊🤣🤣🤣"Yeah you've got to get up pretty early in the morning to stump Pammy Jo! 😂"
I don't know about stumping me, but you have to get up very early to beat me waking up. I am usually awake by 3:30 a.m. every morning! LOL!!!😴🔊😳😀
Pammy Jo
Pamela wrote: "I don't know about stumping me, but you have to get up very early to beat me waking up. I am usually awake by 3:30 a.m. every morning! LOL!!!😴🔊😳😀Pammy Jo "
Wow! 😂 I could probably do that in the summer, if I went to bed earlier. I'm normally up at about 5:40.
Meg wrote: "Pamela wrote: "Meg wrote: "Ok here we go...How much time minimum did Thoreau spend walking in the fields and woods each day?"
I think I know this one. Don Henley, one of my favorite musicians, is..."
See, my longterm memory is pretty good. I'm sure it's been about 20 years since I saw that and I still remember it. Don't ask me what I had for breakfast this morning, though...I can't remember that! 🤣😂
Pamela wrote: "See, my longterm memory is pretty good. I'm sure it's been about 20 years since I saw that and I still remember it. Don't ask me what I had for breakfast this morning, though...I can't remember that! 🤣😂"You're amazing, Pammy Jo! 😂🤗
Here's the next quiz question:Name the New England author whose aunt slept in a coffin shaped bed and regularly wore death-shrouds as outfits.
Wow, you're on it! 😂
Pamela wrote: "Here's the next quiz question:Name the New England author whose aunt slept in a coffin shaped bed and regularly wore death-shrouds as outfits."
Thoreau. Though I doubt that's it...
Pamela wrote: "Here's the next quiz question:Name the New England author whose aunt slept in a coffin shaped bed and regularly wore death-shrouds as outfits."
Oh goodness! That's a little depressing! 😂
Meg wrote: "I shall say Emily Dickinson..."😳🤔
Emma wrote: "Wow, you're on it! 😂"Really, I'm just getting tired and thought I would post my question before I fall asleep. Everybody will have time to think about it overnight, if anyone is able to sleep after thinking about such a creepy question!😱💀👻🧛♀️⚰😳
Pamela wrote: "Emma wrote: "Wow, you're on it! 😂"Really, I'm just getting tired and thought I would post my question before I fall asleep. Everybody will have time to think about it overnight, if anyone is able..."
😂 Awww well, goodnight then, Pammy! 🤗
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "I shall say Emily Dickinson..."😳🤔"
I think her family was a little eccentric. 😂
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "I shall say Emily Dickinson..."😳🤔"
I think her family was a little eccentric. 😂"
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Pamela wrote: "Emma wrote: "Wow, you're on it! 😂"Really, I'm just getting tired and thought I would post my question before I fall asleep. Everybody will have time to think about it overnight, if anyone is able..."
Actually it reminds me a little of Captain Ahab! 😂 Goodnight, Pammy Jo! 🤗
The Early Bird is awake (I do not want the worm)!😝So far, nobody has guessed correctly. A hint...the aunt helped to raise the author and their siblings after the author's father died. Maybe that will help?
Pammy Jo
I will be in and out again today. They are "supposed" to do the paving work in the driveway today. It is raining here, so who knows?
Pamela wrote: "The Early Bird is awake (I do not want the worm)!😝So far, nobody has guessed correctly. A hint...the aunt helped to raise the author and their siblings after the author's father died. Maybe that ..."
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Meg wrote: "Pamela wrote: "The Early Bird is awake (I do not want the worm)!😝So far, nobody has guessed correctly. A hint...the aunt helped to raise the author and their siblings after the author's father di..."
Think, Meg.🤔 Ponder, reflect, deliberate, contemplate and ruminate! 🤔😏😂🤣😆😁😊🤗
Pammy Jo
Another hint: The author considered their aunt to be "a blessing which nothing else in education could supply". The aunt's vast number of letters and journals became one of the author's "most important books".
Pamela wrote: "Think, Meg.🤔 Ponder, reflect, deliberate, contemplate and ruminate! 🤔😏😂🤣😆😁😊🤗Pammy Jo"
I am, I am! 🤣
There is so much construction activity in my neighborhood today! I'm going outside to watch for a little while. It is very entertaining! Isn't that an indication of how dull my life usually is???🤣😂😃Pammy Jo
LOL, sounds like an Edgar Allan Poe thing!!
Hannah wrote: "LOL, sounds like an Edgar Allan Poe thing!!"That's what I was thinking! 🤣
Huh! That's a good guess, Hannah!
Not Melville or Poe. The author is a very well known person in N.E. L.
Pamela wrote: "Not Melville or Poe. The author is a very well known person in N.E. L."Whittier?
He preferred his middle name to his first name.
Pamela wrote: "He preferred his middle name to his first name."That's makes me think of Thoreau, but you said it wasn't him... 🤔🤔
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.🌄⛰🚶♂️🚶♀️👣👣🤔🤨😉☺
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The only thing left for me to do would be to tell you the author's MIDDLE name...but that would be an absolute giveaway. Where in the world is the answer??😉
THANK YOU, DOROTHY!!!!! YES, the answer is Ralph Waldo Emerson!!!!👏🤝👏🤝🏆🏅🥇🎆🎉🎊🤸♀️🤹♀️🤸♀️😀😁🤗 Wasn't his Aunt Mary Moody Emerson a strange one?
Congratulations, Dorry!! 🥳🎉
Yippee! I'm going to have to look her up! I had never heard of that. But from that question, she definitely sounded a bit...odd.
She was very strange and obsessed with death, but Emerson seemed to have adored her!
Pamela wrote: "She was very strange and obsessed with death, but Emerson seemed to have adored her!"It seems so! I guess there must have been other and better characteristics that outweighed those, in his eyes.
This author served in 20 battles and numerous skirmishes, was cited for bravery four times, had six horses shot from under him, and was wounded six times.
Dorothy wrote: "This author served in 20 battles and numerous skirmishes, was cited for bravery four times, had six horses shot from under him, and was wounded six times."Oh dear...this sounds so familiar...🤔😩
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How much time minimum did Thoreau spend walking in the fields and woods each day?