Word: cairns
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...cabin Thoreau built in 1845 and lived in for two years on Walden Pond, south of town, was sold during his lifetime and disassembled to patch a barn and roof a pig sty. But the site is marked by a cairn of rocks, started by Bronson Alcott after Thoreau died in 1862 and supplemented over the years by reverent visitors. Nearby, a facsimile of Thoreau's tiny, spartan home reflects his belief that freedom lay in simplicity. "I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself," he wrote, "than be crowded on a velvet cushion...
...glance around is usually enough for tourists, particularly those whose minds are on their vehicles. Most go no further than the cairn next to the sign. Beyond, the path narrows, and it is quieter; here is where one can hear the words of Thoreau...
Sarah Sidman '93 said she had brought a Cairn terrier named Pipi to her room in Dunster House this year--only to have it barred from the dorm by a rule-conscious superintendent...