A Perfect Day

Thoreau said that he had traveled widely in Concord. I can see what he means. I spent the day attending presentations from the Thoreau Society on everything from Environmental ethos to a wider understanding of the meaning of Cosmos. Cosmos was the Greek idea of ongoing creation. Thoreau once pointed out that the morning light on the doorstep is matter from a star. He was right about that. While I spent the day expanding my brain ( plenty of room there ), Meg and Nora were off to Boston on the train. They had adventures along the Freedom trail and the Boston Aquarium. In a few minutes I will pick them up at the station and the three of us will head to the South Bridge boat launch and paddle a canoe up to the Old North Bridge. There is something cosmic about this river as we float through time toward the place where our beautiful country began. This is what I call a perfect day, and I am glad I began it and ended it with my family.