My Day with Henry David Thoreau and Louisa May Alcott

[jeannineatkins]

This week I went to the Concord Museum  to see some of the photographs Annie Liebovitz took for her new book, Pilgrimage, which is a record of some of her inspirations, a looking back and inward, perhaps more reflective than the portraits of rock stars or other extravagantly dressed people she’s put on the pages of Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, or

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[lorrainemt]

Ooh, Thoreau's journal open to the day...in 1853! Something about that sets me dreaming and imagining. Also, I love the peek into the closet and finding a bust of Emerson! It's so fun to take these tours with you from across the country. Thanks for sharing!

[jeannineatkins]

Yes, it seems like opening that journal each morning should have a magic, though I suppose in actuality it usually feels like part of a job. It did give me a jolt and a smile to see it though, and imagine how another might have/be spending the same day.