Last weekend I ventured to Gollub Park with my dad. We went a bit off the main path, following a less traveled path along the ridge line. As we walked, we stumbled upon four cement posts that seemed to be the last remains of a building. My mind immediately connected to Walden and what now remains of Thoreau’s home. Did this person build a house here at the top of the ridge because they too wished deliberately?

Near the end of the walk, just before the Delaware comes into view, off to the left are many posted yellow signs that read: “wildlife refuge: no entrance.” This made me think about what is the difference between the two sides of that tree, making one side a wildlife refuge and this side not? And even though we may have this clearly posted to human ideas, what do the wildlife think of this boundary? Surely there is no difference to them either.