Henry David Thoreau was born in 1817. He lived in Concord, Massachusetts and barely ever followed the rules. Henry had a pretty darn good education. He went to Harvard, they required him to wear black, so Thoreau wore green. He had several different jobs at the start of his life, like most of us do. He was a school teacher, lecturer, even Emerson’s handyman. Now onto the good part, in 1845 Thoreau lived alone at Walden Pond in a cabin that he built himself. He crammed all his experiences into one year and wrote a book about it, Walden. He stayed there the entire time except for the time in 1846 when good ole H

Ok, so far, Thoreau seems to be a pretty ok guy. He lived a decent life, people admire him, but what is his connection to me? More importantly, was he on drugs while at Walden Pond? I could not find any shred of evidence that our Henry did drugs. I found a website that is for the “Sacred Herb Church”, they pretty much worship Thoreau and his teachings. They live off of the earth that they live on. Now those people do drugs. But, to the best of my knowledge and from on the internet, Thoreau was clean.

Henry David Thoreau was not just a nonconformist. To me, he was just a guy who just tried to make things right in the world. He wasn’t telling us how wrong we all are and this is the way we should think. He was just sharing his opinion, and I think he would just be tickled to death if he could know that right now, kids like us are writing opinions about his opinions.

“Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumbnail.” This is my favorite quote from Walden. Thoreau actually kind of reminds me of my dad. My dad is different. He likes to give me life lessons in the form of words. I remem

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