Hermits around the web – Hermitary
news, sites, and pages of interest about hermits and solitude
Two more films about hermits: 1. The Fort Fisher Hermit: The Life and Death of Robert E. Harrill is a documentary film. The blurb explains that Harrill “spent 17 years under the stars and scrub oaks of Fort Fisher, North Carolina. Surviving off the land and the contributions from thousands of visitors, he became one …
A Newsweek article entitled “Life in Solitary” by Lisa Miller describes the life journey of Agnes Long, from comfortable middle-class marriage and motherhood to the unraveling of life to her canonical status as a Catholic hermit on an island in northern Wisconsin. URL: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8186598/site/newsweek/. The article is also in the paper/newstand issue of June 20, …
Brief news article about a Solomon Islands man who lived as a hermit for forty years in a mountain jungle cave. He returned to his native village because his fire had gone out. The villagers urged him to remain with them, and he decided to do so. The man is about eighty years old. URL: …
Two items about hermits portrayed in film and theater: 1. Lugger the 18th-century hermit who lived in a cave in Cornwall, England, is portrayed in a stage play; URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/3922693.stm.2. Robert Harrill, the Fort Fisher hermit of North Carolina, is portrayed in a documentary film. URLs: http://www.shelbystar.com/portal/ASP/article.asp?ID=10493; http://www.cucalorus.org/film_detail.asp?id=261 and http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/states/ north_carolina/counties/gaston/9222304.htm?1c. For more about the …
The April 2003 issue of Harper’s magazine includes a short item by an applicant (real?) to the Shugborough, the English manor which advertised for an ornamental hermit, as described in a previous entry here. Unfortunately, the article is not available online, but here is a brief excerpt: I would honestly try to share my love …