How to Consult Your Destiny Via Thoreau’s Walden
Tuesday, January 07 2025
During a long life of hard reading, Henry David Thoreau’s Walden is the book that helps me understand what it is to be human.
- Published in Books
Coast to Coast with Clay Jenkinson: Nolan’s 2024 Highlight Reel — Video Dispatch
Tuesday, December 31 2024
Nolan Johnson, Listening to America’s intrepid videographer and podcast editor, shares highlights of his adventures with Clay while traversing the country from Long Island, New York, to the source of the Mississippi River to Monterey, California, on LTA’s 2024 Travels with Charley/Steinbeck Tour.
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
Open Roads, Like Rivers, Invite Us to Muse About the Trajectory of Life
Saturday, September 07 2024
Just as rivers serve as an automatic and compelling metaphor for our life journeys, so roads invite us to muse about the trajectory of our lives.
- Published in Features
Uniquely American Concord, Massachusetts — Video Dispatch
Monday, August 19 2024
Clay spent a morning in Concord, Massachusetts, while traveling through New England this spring. Located northeast of Boston, Concord has deep roots in American history and culture.
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
Jack Kerouac’s Final Resting Place — Video Dispatch
Thursday, August 01 2024
Clay visits the grave of Jack Kerouac, “pioneer of the Beat generation,” in Lowell, Massachusetts.
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
Clay Visits Thoreau’s Walden Cabin — Video Dispatch
Saturday, July 27 2024
As he travels through New England, Clay stops at Walden Pond outside of Concord, Massachusetts, to visit the original site of the 10 by 15 foot cabin immortalized in Henry David Thoreau’s American classic Walden.
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
A Stop at Thoreau’s Walden Pond Near Concord, Massachusetts
Sunday, May 12 2024
Clay stops to visit Thoreau’s Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts as part of his Travels with Charley road trip.
- Published in Dispatches from the Road
President Jefferson and the Big Cheese
Tuesday, September 05 2023
The recent record-setting auction of a $32,000 Spanish cheese reminds Clay of the curious tale of Thomas Jefferson’s 1,235-pound Mammoth Cheese.
- Published in Features