Hermits around the web – Hermitary
news, sites, and pages of interest about hermits and solitude
Painter Tian Xuesen has devoted his artistic efforts to painting the majestic Huashan mountains of China. The Shanghai Daily reports in an article titled “Tapping a muse in the solitude of mountains.” Sometimes when Tian Xuesen sits in city traffic, waiting for a red light to turn green, he feels said he feels dislocated. Small …
An article from the Sun Community News in northern New York state titled “Of Mountain Men and Malcontents: The Story of the Cold River Hermithttp://www.suncommunitynews.com/articles/ncl-magazine/david-greene-the-man-who-translated-ronde” revisits the now famous Adirondack hermit Noah John Rondeau (1883-1967). About Rondeau: Rondeau was not a typical hermit. While he left civilization to live a life of solitude in the …
An elderly Serbian woman who is a hermit received a large benefice from her estranged late husband upon his death. She gave all of it away. Here is the complete text of the Yahoo! News report: Belgrade (AFP) – An elderly hermit living in a mud hut in the Serbian mountains inherited a fortune from …
The New York Times profiles 66-year old Shigeru Nakayama of Airao Velho, Brazil, descendent of Japanese settlers who migrated to Brazil after World War II to build a new future. The original settlers lived in larger cities, but Nakayama preferred the isolation of deeper jungle, and is now the only survivor of not only the …
Many web sources are reporting this news item concerning students in a psychology experiment at the University of Virginia. In a version from ScienceAlert of Australia/New Zealand, the article is titled and subtitled: “People prefer electric shocks to quality alone time: Scientists reveal that being left alone with your thoughts is deeply unpleasant.” The Washington …