Monday, September 14, 2009

Moment You Had in the Natural World


My most memorable moment in the natural world was skiing in Utah. It is hard to forget how beautiful the mountains are. When you are at the top, looking out you can see forever. Snow is blustering everywhere as you skiing through thick powder. When you go skiing into the trees you can hear no noise. It is just you and your family who you are skiing with. This was one of the greatest experiences in my life. The snow, views, and tranquillity in the trees added up to one great day.

Saturday, September 12, 2009

5 Important Facts

  1. Once the Erie canal was built it set off an explosion of building around the country. In the 1840's railroads and plank roads were being built everywhere.
  2. Ralph Waldo Emerson is an extreme optimist. He never had unsteady emotions. He thought any problems would naturally work themselves out.
  3. Emerson planted the thought of utopia's or perfect communities into the minds of many people. One of the most communities was called Brook Farm which was less than ten miles from Boston. This community held some writers in it and it greatly effected there work.
  4. Although the Transcendentalist movement seems religious it was not. It had a religious connotation but it was not a religious group.
  5. Transcendentalism revolved around nature. Emerson, the leader, titled his first book "nature." The main belief was that you should be one with nature.

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Top 10 Things That Bring me Joy


  1. Golf
  2. Running
  3. Watching Criminal Minds
  4. Duke Winning
  5. Yankees winning the world series
  6. My Birthday
  7. Tiger Woods
  8. Relaxing while home
  9. Red Sox missing the playoffs
  10. Having no homework