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The Dana S. Brigham Memorial Keynote Address:
“Simplicity and Sanity” by Scott Russell Sanders
Workshops included:
- “Explore Walden Pond’s Natural Features” by the Walden Pond State Reservation staff
- “Henry David Thoreau, Surveyor of the Soul” film preview by Huey
- “Simplicity and Thoreau’s Sense of Place” led by Richard Schneider with Thomas Finan and Nikita Pokrovsky
- “Henry’s ‘Simple’ Survey: Eagleswood in Perth Amboy (1856) – or – Why is it Nothing is Easy in New Jersey?” by Wayne Dilts
- “Visibility Beyond the Visible: the Artistic Discourse of American Transcendentalism” by Albena Bakratcheya
- “Living in Fallible ‘Worlds’: Henry Thoreau, C.S. Peirce, and Subjective Realism” by Bradley King
- “Thoreau’s Spartan-like Simplicity” by Mike Frederick
- “Thoreau 101: Henry Thoreau and His Friend” by Bob Habich
- “Transcendentalism and the Grand Unified Theory: Thoreau, Eisley, Feynman, and Hawking” by Tom Potter
- “Web Projects to Simplify Access to the CFPL Collections” by Leslie Perrin Wilson
- “Changes in Flora and Fauna from Thoreau’s Time to Today” by Peter Alden
- “Teaching Life with Principle in South Carolina” by Pam Mack
- “Building Walden in My Basement, or Living within the Ambit of One’s Own Horizon” by Jim Hatley
- “Keeping Thoreau’s Message Alive: The Modern Voluntary Simplicity Movement” by Carmen D. Siering
- “Emerson, Simplicity, and the Quotidian Life” panel: Elizabeth Addison, Susan Dunston, Sarah Wilder, and Joseph Thomas
- Henry David Thoreau: Speaking for Nature film screening
- “Emergence, Simplicity, Evolution, Simplicity, Transcendentalism, Simplicity” by John Wawrzonek
- “The Birds and Animals of Thoreau” by Peter Loewer
- “Zoro’s Field: My Life in the Appalachian Woods: A Walden for Today” by Thomas Rain Crowe
- “The Simple Life: Thoreau’s First Year at Walden in Fact and Fiction” by Richard Smith
- “Spirits, Legends, and Lore of Concord” by John Chateauneuf
- “A Conversation on Sustainable Living and Self-Sufficiency” by Shari Wilkins
- “Spiritual Reality in the Wilderness of Maine’s North” by Frank Spizuoco
Discussions included:
- Discussion of the AG theme, led by Kevin Van Anglen
Other activities included:
- Brister’s Hill Walk, led by Ed Schofield and Matt Burne
- Explore the Pond, led by Walter Brain
- Pine Hill Walk and Henley Library Tour
- Thoreau Farm Trust Picnic
- Nature Walk at Great Meadows
- New Members and First Timers Orientation
- Walking Tour of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
- A Birthday Party for Henry
- Transcendental Trivia
- Young Thoreauvians
- Memorial Walk at Walden Pond: A Silent Meditation
- Book Signing and Wine and Cheese Social
- Estabrook Woods Walk, led by Ed Schofield
- Exploring the Pencil Factory Dam Site, led by Randall Conrad and Richard Lenat
- 4th Annual Open House and Reception
- Thoreau Farm Trust Open House
Program Booklet for Annual Gathering 2007 (PDF)
Registration Form for Annual Gathering 2007 (PDF)
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