{"id":1257,"date":"2009-11-26T02:50:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-26T02:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1257"},"modified":"2009-11-26T02:50:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-26T02:50:00","slug":"blogging-hermits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1257","title":{"rendered":"Blogging Hermits"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is it with blogging hermits\u2014or quasi-hermits?<\/p>\n

Would Henry David Thoreau<\/a> have had a blog? I am sure of it. Anyone who would edit his autobiography so that two years of experience fit neatly into one literary year has demonstrated the capability of self-romanticizing that blogging requires.<\/p>\n

Sunday’s Denver Post<\/i> had a long piece about a man named Daniel Suelo<\/a> who lives in a cave outside Moab, Utah, never handles money, dumpster-dives, etc.\u2014and blogs about his life,<\/a> courtesy of the long-suffering local librarians. (Somebody tell him that white-on-black fonts offer poor readability.)<\/p>\n

I can see Diogenes the Cynic<\/a> updating his blog at the public library too: “inabarrel.blogspot.com.”<\/p>\n

And there are others.<\/p>\n

Lately I have been reading As The Crow Flies<\/a>, who offers this thought:<\/p>\n

If you want to be alone, it\u2019s important to know, you can never get far enough away;  humans and their noise producing machines are everywhere.   One thought that helps me, is to think of myself as an alien dropped off on a planet of apes.   Then I can just sit back and enjoy the show\u2014like going to the zoo.<\/i><\/p>\n

But the post that sold me on her blog is this one<\/a>. <\/p>\n

I cannot get it out of my mind. Maybe it’s because M. and I often go several days without talking to anyone else in person (not counting email). Without her (and the dogs), I would soon be wondering the same thing.<\/p>\n

Cross-posted to Southern Rockies Nature Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is it with blogging hermits\u2014or quasi-hermits? Would Henry David Thoreau have had a blog? I am sure of it. Anyone who would edit his autobiography so that two years of experience fit neatly into one literary year has demonstrated the capability of self-romanticizing that blogging requires. 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