Very nice visit with my folks last night. Trying to get down there as much as I can these days.

I had to get up and out of there this morning early to make two calls before going to work at Littleton. I had exactly 25 minutes of free time and as I was driving I saw a sign to Walden pond. Now I am a big fan of Henry David Thoreau. And I couldn't miss a chance to go visit his famous haunt.

I followed my GPS to a pull off and given the time was short I charged into ankle deep snow and ran into the woods in the direction that I thought it was. After about five minutes of running around … no sign of the pond. It might be down in this valley, but I really couldn't tell. All I saw was this cool chimney. Still it felt peaceful in kind of a wet and frozen socks sort of way.

 

I took about 45 seconds to contemplate life and enjoy the silence and my own company until I got tired of that went back to the car and charge off to my meetings. Late as ever…

Now that's transcendentalism !
Night all, night Sam
– Me