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Walden

American  
[wawl-duhn] / ˈwɔl dən /

noun

  1. a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.


Walden Cultural  
  1. (1854) A book by Henry David Thoreau describing his two years of life alone at Walden Pond in Massachusetts. He recounts his daily life in the woods and celebrates nature and the individual's ability to live independently of society. A famous line from the book is Thoreau's statement that “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.”


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In Essex, where new independent registrations rose from six in 2024 to 12 in 2025, Girgis‑Hanna divides her working week between the NHS and private consultations, operating from a chiropractic clinic in Saffron Walden.

From BBC

Chronicling his stint in Utah’s Arches National Park in the late ‘50s, Abbey’s bestselling memoir revealed the beauty and fragility of the Southwest to a wider American audience, depicting the punishing weather and awe-inspiring vistas while thundering against the masses of lookie-loos driving into the desert only to despoil it. It’s often likened to “Walden,” but Abbey’s flinty, darkly humorous voice gave Western literature a tone distinct from East Coast gentility and folksy cowboy writing.

From Los Angeles Times

Our teachers took us to Plymouth Rock, Bunker Hill, Walden Pond, Salem, and most novel for a group of teenage Manhattanites, a real-life mall, the kind we saw only on television.

From The Wall Street Journal

In Disney’s DIS 2.72%increase; green up pointing triangle executive dining room, known as the Rotunda, Chief Executive Bob Iger lunched with Josh D’Amaro and Dana Walden last Thursday to talk about the future of America’s best-known entertainment brand.

From The Wall Street Journal

Could D’Amaro, chair of Disney’s experiences business, including theme parks and consumer products, and Walden, co-chairman of the entertainment business, lead the company together?

From The Wall Street Journal