Egret of Walden

The white birds flew south. One of them was born here. Ponds keep their promises.The heron's child hatched on Walden's pond, learned to stand in Walden's shallows, and circled the water three times before following its family south. The bullfrogs say it wasn't saying goodbye. It was memorizing.Now winter is coming to Walden Reach, and everyone is deciding what to hold onto. Evan has carried his bo...