Sightseeing in the suburbs: Thoreau-ly interesting
Living in the Boston suburbs is cool because I’m close to the town of Concord—location of “the shot heard round the world” in 1775—which boasts the homes and gravesites of Thoreau, Alcott, Hawthorne, and Emerson. I plan to see all the authors’ homes while we’re here, but last weekend I visited Thoreau Farm. I had hiked