The Readers' Thoreau | Berniece Alspach | Friends Activity https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/members/balspach/activity/friends/ Activity feed for Berniece Alspach's friends. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:19:33 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 7d2db19ffa8b39a4db4fe36569816178 Paul Schacht left a comment on a post Conclusion 1-9 in the group General Discussion https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/walden/conclusion/conclusion-1-9/#comment-9380 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:31:59 -0500 @courtneygoodwin: I think this is a great point about the different ways that Thoreau references animals in Walden. Including their Latin genus-species names makes most sense when they’re objects of his attention […]

]]> 0 faca2f5f02c13b0981c255f850d84414 Paul Schacht left a comment on a post Winter Animals in the group General Discussion https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/walden/winter-animals/#comment-9364 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:46:30 -0500 @tirone: Whether or not Thoreau was thinking of his own effort at self-realization in describing the foxes, it’s easy to see a parallel. I like your idea. I think it’s interesting, too, that at first the foxes […]

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]]> 0 ad8835d97810f95573669c8d59db82af Paul Schacht and Michael Berger are now friends https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/826366/ Wed, 10 Jul 2024 17:28:09 -0500 0 417b2ccd4420f43636b5482d42fd5e74 Paul Schacht and Kathy Fedorko are now friends https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/826349/ Tue, 09 Jul 2024 23:25:47 -0500 0 604495f70675620893e5a1b1f9c72cd5 Paul Schacht and Chris Sheldrick are now friends https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/826344/ Tue, 09 Jul 2024 17:31:46 -0500 0 96020d0bf4769c3ad4829d1c0b3464a2 Paul Schacht and Beth Witherell are now friends https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/826341/ Tue, 09 Jul 2024 15:47:36 -0500 0 502dcb5243ae4d3f30a11273d4bce3a4 Paul Schacht and Zoë Pollak are now friends https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/826338/ Tue, 09 Jul 2024 14:06:39 -0500 0 e95a0b4bd1242e71ad3b6405c1ff0eca Paul Schacht and Johanna Pitetti-Heil are now friends https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/826335/ Tue, 09 Jul 2024 13:52:33 -0500 0 d0f074d4e298e4bf247b1316754df464 Paul Schacht edited the doc Schacht, et al., Encountering Walden in the group Thoreau Scholarship https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/826330/ Tue, 09 Jul 2024 11:06:33 -0500 0 07234979d74dd1ee690a6861eca9268c Paul Schacht created the doc Schacht, et al., Encountering Walden in the group Thoreau Scholarship https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/826329/ Tue, 09 Jul 2024 11:04:04 -0500 0 e0f77fb62c984ec6dc3a0ed2c3e8251d Paul Schacht left a comment on a post Title Page - 1862 in the group General Discussion https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/walking/#comment-230 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 23:27:58 -0500 @longwalkerbadger There are lots of comments here that have been posted by students and teachers but that you won’t see because they’ve been posted in private groups. It would be great to see more comments in this […]

]]> 0 aaca3f83d635b36648b4c1e015e63571 Paul Schacht and Cooper Fensterstock are now friends https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/826261/ Mon, 25 Mar 2024 17:24:28 -0500 0 11a559435929135a0763a229cca4835f Paul Schacht and Maddie are now friends https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/826244/ Thu, 21 Mar 2024 19:26:32 -0500 0 0d713ee2758ba70a5673a296990363b4 Paul Schacht and Serena Drobnack are now friends https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/826218/ Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:33:21 -0500 0 f4dce45f789d47286a2e456be75dacb4 Paul Schacht and Kate Schweitzer are now friends https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/826185/ Mon, 26 Feb 2024 16:57:46 -0500 0 9dff253709f846013e80ad2be59c56ce Paul Schacht and Isabelle Covert are now friends https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/826169/ Wed, 21 Feb 2024 20:45:28 -0500 0 6d1c01af6a1761b7bd38ba808c1a4752 Paul Schacht and Nia Jones are now friends https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/826135/ Mon, 19 Feb 2024 18:27:00 -0500 0 f4ceb1499c9ee86cbe70aa38fb994a26 Paul Schacht and Madelyn Malgieri are now friends https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/826129/ Mon, 19 Feb 2024 18:22:26 -0500 0 5439cd7c4370896ad02f42000e9d4a87 Paul Schacht and Julia Demskie are now friends https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/826122/ Mon, 19 Feb 2024 16:03:51 -0500 0 582e2a566b1cf4df5ff2b05591387567 Paul Schacht and Mari Greaney are now friends https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/826115/ Fri, 16 Feb 2024 17:55:12 -0500 0 dc66d2e00422a06a2807e7e430dc885b Paul Schacht and Maggie are now friends https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/826104/ Mon, 12 Feb 2024 17:44:44 -0500 0 f653a73d211d862a5df92e2a3b099558 Paul Schacht and Victoria Slade are now friends https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/826097/ Mon, 12 Feb 2024 16:36:25 -0500 0 482597b70ebc588ba4664c35ebcdb105 Paul Schacht and Wrileigh Bacon are now friends https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/826093/ Mon, 12 Feb 2024 16:10:05 -0500 0 0c7e4dab90efd01d7eb57fcace8bf43b Paul Schacht and Regan Russell are now friends https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/826083/ Fri, 09 Feb 2024 19:58:35 -0500 0 ed065f84a300cf94036d308fea8064bc Paul Schacht and Abigail Axton are now friends https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/826071/ Thu, 08 Feb 2024 18:16:36 -0500 0 4ad48c5dde0cbd6596a6bda7a8ef7088 Peyton Bell posted an update: “House-Warming” reminds the reader of a very important cav […] https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/826022/ Wed, 20 Sep 2023 23:46:10 -0500 “House-Warming” reminds the reader of a very important caveat to Thoreau’s overall prescription of a slower and more thoughtful life spent in nature: one must devote oneself to some hard work in order to enjoy a fuller sort of peace. Henry David Thoreau marks himself as starkly disapproving of the working man’s toilsome devotion to his wage. H…[Read more]

]]> 0 08ce140f37cccb76e5121ac3dffc94ee Jordyn McClellan posted an update: The labor of one’s hands is more satisfying than the t […] https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/826011/ Wed, 20 Sep 2023 23:23:39 -0500 The labor of one’s hands is more satisfying than the transactional, robotic, futile work done in society. While Thoreau’s unfinished homely house hardly offers protection from the elements, he believes it is “fit to entertain a traveling god.” He describes it as “saturated with dew” and an “airy look” to say that it fits within “the poem of cr…[Read more]

]]> 0 ca21f8bf043ba4f2a706b899fa3adc81 Lani posted an update: a. While I agree with many of the ideas that Thoreau presents […] https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/825998/ Wed, 20 Sep 2023 22:57:30 -0500 a. While I agree with many of the ideas that Thoreau presents in this essay, I also think that in a lot of ways he takes his ideas too far. It is very true that people are enslaved to the idea that they need to own things, and it causes them to work their lives away. While I would agree that it’s bad that people can get so obsessed with the m…[Read more]

]]> 0 7ba0ebe6cf5e2dbd84431f8ae121a570 Avery Warren posted an update: There is a certain pressure upon each human in this world […] https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/825997/ Wed, 20 Sep 2023 22:53:42 -0500 There is a certain pressure upon each human in this world that we must grow up to be led into the workforce, where we become part of the machine. Some of us may be lucky enough to reach retirement and enjoy the final 10 to 20 years of life stuck at home, as our old age keeps us from exploring the beauty of nature that awaits outside and will be…[Read more]

]]> 0 fcd9e64914e92945299894f49bb368d7 Gabby Uttz posted an update: Solitude is an extremely prominent theme throughout […] https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/825990/ Thu, 14 Sep 2023 17:48:09 -0500 Solitude is an extremely prominent theme throughout Walden’s essays. This essay, named “Solitude” is no exception. Thoreau walks us through his routine of solitude, walking and listening to the sounds of nature while calming himself to reach this state of mind that he calls solitude. The irony of this essay is that the solitude prepares him for t…[Read more]

]]> 0 c77b808f424840d0e8721fb6c57c4d12 Peyton Bell posted an update: "Economy" Henry David Thoreau’s criticism of the social p […] https://commons.digitalthoreau.org/activity/p/825989/ Thu, 14 Sep 2023 16:47:19 -0500 “Economy”
Henry David Thoreau’s criticism of the social prioritization of fashion above the content of one’s character is surely a fittingly biting remark against the most superficial of today’s dressers, but it unfairly chastises the vast majority of the population who simply enjoy feeling appropriately dressed for the occasion of daily life.…[Read more]

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