No Most Memorable Hermits list would be complete without Dick Proenneke (1916-2003) whose hermit life can frequently be viewed during PBS pledge-drives. “Alone in the Wilderness” tells Proenneke’s story of life alone in Alaska, relying on simple hand tools and his own physical labor to build his cabin and sustain himself with little outside assistance – no small feat [...]
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- “May you know that absence is full of tender presence…” – John O’Donohue
- “You cannot live and keep free of briars” – William Carlos Williams
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- “Some of it’s just transcendental, some of it’s just really dumb…” – Stephin Merritt
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- Life’s Soundtracks, Love’s Soundtracks – An Early Valentine
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- “Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm…” – Haruki Murakami
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- A good summer soaker to reduce fire danger. 2011/08/23
- RT @walterdoc: "The senseless is not made meaningful by repetition and clamor." ~ ACIM 2011/07/07
- "account for the impact we have on the planet each time we flush a toilet, drink a pop, hop in a car, or eat a radish" http://t.co/FcQ6bFH 2011/07/02
- Bald eagle sitting on the front lawn contemplating how he could possibly have missed that bunny. Flew off, gracefully discouraged. 2011/06/10
- Three days in a row with morning sunshine! Shocking, shocking I tell you. Lovin' it. 2011/06/06
- RIP James Arness. Marshal Dillon: TV westerns' quintessential lawman. http://bit.ly/jUkLk9 2011/06/04
- Hmm. Having some difficulty getting back into the rhythm of Twitter. 2011/06/01
- So many wars. So much courage. So many fallen. So very sad. 2011/05/30
- "Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice." - Baruch Spinoza 2011/05/30
- RT @helloinhere: Wonderful paradox: make friends with solitude. 2011/05/28
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