![]() Join me in curiosity and wonder. Let's share our stories, our grief, our pleasure and lean in to this great mystery of life. ![]() Nearly 200 years after his death, thanks to the writers who kept his name and stories alive, and thanks to the Toni Morrison Society and the Walden Woods Project, a stone with a plaque and a bench was installed recognizing his life and contributions. I headed up to his spot while wandering along the Emerson-Thoreau Amble, a footpath thru a pine forest weaving around Fairyland Pond where Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Louisa May Alcott and many others may have meandered between Concord MA and Walden Pond. I sat on the Brister Freeman bench and pondered Brister's life up there, watching the trees and grasses waving in the breeze, wondering what the views might have been like before the forest grew back after it was cut to build Concord. He then gained his freedom and moved up to a sandy grassy hilltop in the woods near Walden. You can unsubscribe using the link provided in. I hail from Ontario, Canada and Ive spent my entire life camping, wilderness canoeing, fishing. I recently made a pilgrimage up to Brister Hill, named after Brister Freeman (1744-1822), who spent the first 38 years of his life enslaved in Concord before enlisting as a soldier in the in the American Revolutionary War. Note: If you subscribed earlier, this will not unsubscribe you. Hey, Im Pete, and Rugged Outdoors Guide is my brainchild. Black Walden: Slavery and Its Aftermath in Concord, Massachusetts, by Elise Lemire shares more of these stories. They made their lives tending the sandy, rocky, woods of Walden Pond on the outskirts of town. Henry David Thoreau's Walden audiobook was my soundtrack for my daily commutes to the trailheads. I imagined the former village that he describes in chapter 14, acknowledging those who came just before him who inhabited the shores and surrounding woods of Walden. They were former slaves, immigrants, and outsiders who were not welcome to live in Concord, Massachusetts. We capped the days with sunsets and reflections at Walden Pond. Our mornings were spent in meadows and woodlands. Our afternoons were filled with discussions on the more nuanced pedagogy of what it means to be a guide and the magical craft of making our philosophies tangible. This was the culmination of a six month training where newly trained guides gathered from across North America to practice guiding, incorporate their guide journey, and crossed the threshold towards completing their certification. They’re natively placed at the bottom of the email, but can be. When this setting is enabled, a Global Unsubscribe link will automatically be appended to every email sent through the account. I hope you join me inside the October challenge, whether that following my tips and tasks or setting yourself your own challenge.Earlier this October, I co-led a 4-day nature and forest therapy guide training immersion in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Subscription Tracking is a setting you can enable within your SendGrid account under Settings > Tracking > Subscription Tracking.
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