You know who, way back in the day, had the whole self-isolation thing down pretty damn well? "The author of
Walden and
Civil Disobedience" is the answer. Of course, Thoreau was only in "semi-seclusion" out there in the north country woods; but what he had to say – what he
wrote, in many instances – is a valuable resource for people in these socially distanced times. Here, take yourself a virtual stroll through
Thoreau's manuscripts (and letters and more) as beautifully archived in UT's own
Harry Ransom Center.