The Full Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
I’ve often seen this passage by Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Ode to William H. Channing used on Simple Living or Voluntary Simplicity blogs. But they always take it out of context and just say “Things are in the saddle and ride mankind”. When you read the entire poem, you understand that ‘things’ are meant to include more than just color televisions.
We believe that humankind has lost some important things in the march toward progress. That is not to say progress and simplicity are mutually exclusive. We believe we can have both, and this site catalogs our journey as we try to do exactly that.
The Transplants
TreeStone Farm
The Old-Timers
