Just try visiting the San Juan Islands without provoking daydreams of running away to live among the orcas and farmstands.

David works afternoons and evenings to be there when the students are working. David is married to Paula Walden, a watercolor artist who also graduated from Bethel College with a B.A. in Studio Art.

In October of 2015, the New Yorker magazine ran an article by award-winning journalist Kathryn Schulz ttitled “Pond Scum: The Real Henry David Thoreau ... guy behind Walden and Civil ...