1.) Swamp Fox - 03/20/2017

This is an interesting article that starts out about a guy who was recently arrested in Maine after living as a hermit in the woods for 27 years. He got by burglarizing homes for necessities.

The piece highlights a book on the man’s life and motivations ([I]The Stranger In The Woods[/I]), and discusses several other books about how we live (or don’t) with nature, wilderness, and/or in isolation. It touches on ideas about our increasing disconnection from one world while we reflexively connect with another, or at least distract ourselves from that other.

The article’s not an extremely long read but it’s not a quickie, either. It’s worth 15 minutes when you have time to focus on it, especially if you’re looking for some book suggestions for those long hours alone in the turkey blind… :wink LOL.


[I][url]https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/517770/[/url][/I]

2.) DParker - 03/20/2017

[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;47769]This is an interesting article that starts out about a guy who was recently arrested in Maine after living as a hermit in the woods for 27 years. He got by burglarizing homes for necessities.

The piece highlights a book on the man’s life and motivations ([I]The Stranger In The Woods[/I]), and discusses several other books about how we live (or don’t) with nature, wilderness, and/or in isolation. It touches on ideas about our increasing disconnection from one world while we reflexively connect with another, or at least distract ourselves from that other.

The article’s not an extremely long read but it’s not a quickie, either. It’s worth 15 minutes when you have time to focus on it, especially if you’re looking for some book suggestions for those long hours alone in the turkey blind… :wink LOL.


[I][url]https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/517770/[/url][/I][/QUOTE]

That's an interesting read...though I don't think "true hermit" really applies to a guy who subsisted by breaking into people's homes and other places and stealing supplies every 9 days (on average, per his own estimate).

[video=youtube;l_gQv7XxGiY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_gQv7XxGiY[/video]

3.) Swamp Fox - 03/20/2017

LOL...I completely missed that one!