tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30839986.post4884688914827738364..comments2023-08-09T05:54:12.776-07:00Comments on Tickle Me, Tacoma: Philosophical ramblings on Thoreau and TacomaAliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09984884570194204280noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30839986.post-89765903138895391922007-04-25T16:40:00.000-07:002007-04-25T16:40:00.000-07:00"Live deliberately" is a classroom rule that all m..."Live deliberately" is a classroom rule that all my kids have to live by. The meek might inherit the earth one day, but they don't get far if I am their teacher.<BR/><BR/>I read Walden the first few weeks I was a Peace Corps volunteer. I related to nearly every aspect of the book. The lists of groceries and supplies get a little tedious at times, but I understand why he included them. <BR/><BR/>Funny, I didn't expect to get as much out of Thoreau and Walden as I did. Meanwhile, I anticipated great things from Jack Kerouac's "On The Road", but I wound up detesting the book and immensely disliking the author. Yet the two are often compared and even likened to one another in terms of the journey motif and other literary sorts of critiques.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05481948329077248169noreply@blogger.com