Originally Posted by
Mark Bolton
Born and raised nearby. Family from your two northern escape destinations. Again, very similar. Raised by a flock of women, not an only child but about as close as you can get (a very late in the game xmas or new years party, or winter power outage, gone awry well after the two "planned" children were already on the scene). Its both a blessing and a curse.
Living alone is a wonderful notion but when the move was made with (ex) wife to a very rural remote life, for all the right reasons, a very dear, and EXTREMELY reclusive friend who was not far west of you who had plowed through life completely alone and had done some pretty amazing things, said to me something to the extent of "you will be fine out there in the woods, because no matter how bad a day you have, no matter how hard it gets, you'll know that when you look over your shoulder,... your not alone". From the mouth of a card carrying, full fledged, recluse.
Proenekke is a life I could never pull off. Its inspirational yet really wild to me. Again in my mind you can probably pull that off in good conscience as you havent spawned.
Dont shut the door on a connection that could be phenomenal. Door may never open, but at least leave the door unlocked. An amazing connection with someone makes it a lot different.
Have you read any of the Nearing books? The Good Life? Loving and Leaving the Good Life?