A Peculiar Being Reacts to Dating Hysteria

April 5, 2009

I came across this poem in my archives the other day, so in honor of Poetry Month (and a quick post): In haphazard desperation This continued search for love Skirts simplicity for complication. Unheralded and quiet truth – above All rewards those cherished others may impart, Award yourself your loving heart. Invaluable, illusive art, But valid joy’s innate [...]

Memorable Hermit: Dirty Sally Fergus Played By Jeanette Nolan

January 1, 2009
Jeanette Nolan, age 32

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During one of his long programming phases, Griz routinely followed daytime reruns of the Gunsmoke TV series as background noise. I didn’t actually sit down and watch many episodes and there are a lot of episodes (635). The original series ran for 20 years before cancellation in 1975. Broadcast at one episode per day in reruns, that’s [...]

Definitely Keeping Low Profiles: Two 19th Century Female Hermits

October 9, 2008
deathoffemalehermit

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Here’s two short, telling articles from The New York Times archives. This one was published July 12, 1880: Other than being a reclusive hermit, we don’t really get any explanation of why Julia’s considered a “peculiar being.” That was probably peculiar enough. “Why she chose a hermit’s life is not known?” If my only available means of support were servant (unmarried), servant [...]

Where Have All the Female Hermits Gone?

October 8, 2008
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Thought it was about time to include a woman on the Most Memorable Hermits list and discovered (with the exception of a few within religious orders), it’s hard to find historical records of the female of the species. I could launch into a long, feminist diatribe here, but I won’t – just the basics: Until the last [...]