Category: United States

A short op-ed in the Mercury News (Bay area, California) by a high school student who wants to be a hermit. URL: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/14094296.htm.

Kenny Salway lived the hermit life of a “river rat” on a swampy Mississippi River floodplain in Wisconsin. His story became a BBC/Discovery Channel documentary film screened earlier in 2005. Wisconsin Public Radio interviewed Salway in June. He is promoting a new collection of his adventures and also appealing for environmental educational programs. URLs: http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/state/minnesota/13316344.htm and http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_050611j.cfm.

A fine travel article entitled “Following a Hermit’s Footsteps” in The New York Times (October 7, 2005) describes the Adirondack Mountains of New York State, the Northville-Placid Trail, and the vicinity where hermit Noah John Rondeau lived in the forests until 1950. There are details of his life as well as details for potential travelers. An entry about Rondeau was made in this blog on December 16, 2004. URL: http://travel2.nytimes.com/2005/10/07/travel/escapes/07hike.html.
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Detailed article on Sister Mary Dawiczyk, a hermit in Genoa, Wisconsin. The Catholic diocese of La Crosse has published guidelines on the eremetic vocation and reports five canonical hermits within its boundaries. The article is “Alone with God: Hermit nun lives life of prayer, solitude” by Gayda Hollnagel of the La Crosse Tribune. URL: http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2005/07/17/news/01hermit.txt.

News article on Lebh Shomea, a Catholic hermitage in southern Texas. Three individuals function as staff, with 25 individual huts occupied for various lengths of time by visitors from around the world. The article writer says succinctly: “The rule here is silence, the only amenity: solitude.” URL: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/
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