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FRIDAY FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Thoreau on Summer Rain

A summer rain. A gentle steady rain, long a-gathering, without thunder or lightning,—such as we have not, and, methinks, could not have had, earlier than this. I pick raspberries dripping with rain beyond Sleepy Hollow. This weather is rather favorable to thought. On all sides is heard a gentle dripping of the rain on the leaves, yet it is perfectly warm. It is a day of comparative leisure to many farmers. Some go to the mill-dam and the shops; some go a-fishing.

Thoreau, Henry David. The Journal of Henry David Thoreau, 1837-1861

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5 responses to “FRIDAY FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Thoreau on Summer Rain”

  1. Steve Myers Avatar
    Steve Myers

    i’m humbly grateful that i share the same birthday as thoreau – july 12 same as mario soto too. maybe it’s stupid, but i love that i share a birthday with someone that made an intentional attempt to tap back into nature as an equal.

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    1. mahhinton Avatar
      mahhinton

      Well said. I like the idea of “Nature as an equal”

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      1. Steve Myers Avatar
        Steve Myers

        I used to daydream of living in the wild, but I can barely pitch a tent….still, I’m only 55 so there is still time (I hope) to learn some of the old ways in nature.

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      2. mahhinton Avatar
        mahhinton

        In my early 20s I worked summers on a trail crew in a wilderness in Montana. Since then, I have done very little camping.

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        Steve Myers

        I think in one of your earlier posts there was that bit about John Wayne and drinking is the best technique for a happy night camping sleep. I can’t see any other way.

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