Happy Birthday, Ralph!

"Standing on the bare ground, — my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space, — all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eye-ball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God."  RWE, Nature

Happy 209th Birthday to Ralph Waldo Emerson, transcendentalist, journal-ist, "sage of Concord," and HDT's erstwhile landlord at Walden Pond.

Ailsa and I head to Monhegan Island, Maine, on Sunday, with twelve Pingree seniors, former Pingree English teacher Alex Tinari, and alumna teaching intern Meaghan Souza.  It's our Landscape and Narrative senior project trip.  Stay tuned for photos and the tale of the trip after June 2.