When Pick sold his mine in late August 1954, newspapers scrambled to talk to the millionaire and before long there were multi-part series in papers across the United States, along with an 11-page ...

Walden became the foundational text for the aesthetic strand of the American environmental movement. Its emphasis on nature’s ...

Feeling overwhelmed by information overload? Reconnecting with nature—and Thoreau's timeless wisdom—could restore your mental health and sense of balance.

Waldenbooks was 'a bookworm's idea of heaven' when it opened in 1973. Here's a little history of local bookstores.

A new biography of Peter Matthiessen chronicles his many paradoxical attempts to escape who the world expected him to be.

As long as autumn lasts, I shall not have hands, canvas and colors enough to paint the beautiful things I see.” ...

It is not merely about opening more wallets. It is the new grammar of aspiration. Women today spend on products not only to "live deliberately" and enhance their social status in the eyes of others ...

Articles Can AI Teach Our Grandmothers To Suck Eggs? Louis Tempany wonders whether the problem is with the machines or with ...

Henry David Thoreau’s Walden? Shakespeare’s Ophelia ... As a result, the puzzle of the book’s essential riddle — Who is she? Why is she here? What isn’t she telling us? What can’t we see? — becomes ...

Our primate relatives have long favoured the canopy: chimpanzees fashion twig mattresses for safety and repose, young ...

The Berkshire Botanical Garden offers paths where you can wander among plants and flowers, nature’s own stress relievers. Stockbridge Bowl, the town’s lake, provides a mirror-like surface on calm days ...