This New York Times article titled “Embracing a Life of Solitude” is placed in the Home & Garden section because it sees solitude as escape, “downtime,” as one interviewee puts it, or plain “fantasy.” Usually this escape is to a more natural setting, as in the examples in the article, which emphasize discomfort and survivalism. The tone of the piece may be further gathered from the egregious notice of the French roast coffee drunk by one “escapee” and the sexual qualms of another who felt that solitude deprived him of meeting members of the opposite sex.
URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/15/garden/15alone.html?pagewanted=1&ref=garden