book review: ONE MAN'S WILDERNESS

[Stephen M]

What it is: The diary of Dick Proenneke, who spent several decades living off the land in the Alaskan wilderness in a cabin he built himself.

Who should read it: People looking for a easy summer read while they re-commune with mother earth.

What you learn:
How much you have and how little you really need. Nature already provides most of the latter.
Too many people work on just one part of a larger thing. It gives great pleasure to singlehandedly see a job through to completion.

In-depth Analysis: Since Thoreau's seminal Walden, The 'live simply in the midst of nature'  manifesto has undergone several periodic refinements to bring our perception of natural reality into alignment with what we know to be.......OOOH! SHINY THING!

[porridgehead]

I just snorted out loud.