"Do not tread on the heels of your experience," says Henry David Thoreau in this journal entry from July 23, 1851. "Be impressed without making a minute of it." This is an episode from Thoreau's Leaves, our atmospheric podcast devoted to Thoreau's journal (www.thoreausleaves.com). Set out with Henry and see if you can muse again.

Tree swallow sounds by Martin St. Michel, XC179722. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/179722

Music: "Ever I Wander" by Jameson Nathan Jones; "Tranquil" by Danny Pinder

(All music used courtesy of the artists through a licensing agreement with Artlist)