United States – Page 2 – Hermits around the web

August 5, 2023August 5, 2023

“Willard: The Hermit of Gully Lake” (film)

Based on the book The Hermit of Gully Lake: The Life and Times of Willard Kitchener MacDonal, by Joan Baxter, is the 2007 film titled Willard: The Hermit of Gully Lake, produced by APL Films, directed by Amy Goldberg, and narrated by Randy Bachman.

Description (from the film): “In the 1940’s American-born Willard MacDonald jumped his troop train heading to WWII. Fearing authorities he lived as a hermit deep in the northern wilderness of Nova Scotia, Canada for more than 60 years inspiring folklore for generations.” Trailer on Vimeo.

URL: https://vimeo.com/168836376

January 26, 2023

Three decades of mountain solitude

Psyche offers a short article by free-lancewriter Susanne Semer titled: “My three decades alone, basking in the company of a mountain.” The article offers reflections on solitude rooted in direct experience and from a woman’s perspective..

URL: https://psyche.co/ideas/my-three-decades-alone-basking-in-the-company-of-a-mountain

November 30, 2022

“Winter’s Watch” – film

Winter’s Watch (2017), a 14-minute 2017 film directed by Brian Bolster, presents a quiet portrait of nature, solitude — and the presence of one person on an island. From the website: “The quiet exuberance of wintering alone on an empty island off New England.”

URL: https://vimeo.com/248249215

September 15, 2022December 1, 2022

NH hermit River Dave – Update

New Hampshire hermit River Dave Lidstone, who was ordered by a judge to leave his squatter cabin, has done so, moving to Maine, where he has a new camp as his new home, speaking avidly about his new situation. Though the millionaire-owner of the New Hampshire property where Dave had squated has since passed away, Lidstone is not looking back re his court case and is embracing his new quarters and friends.

URLs: https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/river-dave-banned-from-new-hampshire-site-moves-to-maine-1.6030661; https://www.sunjournal.com/2022/08/17/new-hampshire-hermit-river-dave-moves-to-maine/

July 12, 2022July 21, 2022

Hermettes: NYC network of women hermits

Risa Mickenberg, founder of the Hermettes

ABC/RN (Australi anBroadcasting Corporation/Radio News) offers a profile of women hermits in New York City and beyond in its article: “A secret society of ‘Hermettes’ is reclaiming and celebrating female aloneness.” From the opening paragraphs:

“Risa Mickenberg lives in a stylish New York City apartment, but she prefers to call the dwelling something else: Her “cave”.

Despite being in close proximity to around eight million other people, Ms Mickenberg shuns many social connections and relationships. Instead, she enjoys time in her cave or experiencing the world outside alone.

And she’s not the only one living like this. Ms Mickenberg is the founder of “Hermettes”, a secret society of like-minded women who are reclaiming and celebrating female aloneness.”

URL: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-11/hermettes-secret-society-risa-mickenberg/101212682