A tale of two cabins.

In search of a meaningful life.

We’d all like to rise above the muck, transcending to a place and existence in which we are better. Enter transcendentalism, centered in Concord, Massachusetts, thanks to Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay “Nature,” which kicked off a philosophical movement that still inspires people today.

“If you don’t know what transcendentalism is,” said Wren, our delightfu…