tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post6819147343582783891..comments2024-03-25T16:44:35.555-04:00Comments on Sixbears in the Woods: Lessons from the Maine HermitSixbearshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-15823695141790308852014-08-24T15:52:35.515-04:002014-08-24T15:52:35.515-04:00Thanks for this post and especially the part where...Thanks for this post and especially the part where you came across the man's secret home in the woods.<br /><br />Your reaction to it speaks volumes for a good heart, something uncommon nowadays especially out here in California where the authorities and other folks take delight in destroying or trashing homeless dwellings- seems we prefer our homeless in doorways etc.Morongobillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04423986732712894214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-8390756314810034812014-08-24T12:17:54.058-04:002014-08-24T12:17:54.058-04:00Many Vietnam Veterans live in the HOH area of nort...Many Vietnam Veterans live in the HOH area of northern Washington state the VA helps them and a reach out veteran..I think it wise to leave people alone with their ptsd and let them live near the most beautiful area of our state with a little help from the VA and this Veteran who has ptsd problems, many in a tiny town help them out with provisions for the winter, many make sure they have blankets, coats, sox and cots to sleep on and water proof tarps, no need for anykind of stealing..I could never live that way, too damn cold and wet up there for me, but it heals the many mental wounds the veterans have endured, a psychologists visits as best he and another psychologist too..I applaud their efforts, these veterans do not kill themselves and I say to each their own, the weather is spectacular about 40 days of the year after that it gets really foggy and mystical and then the great rains come and it stays that way for many many days & months the native people help these veterans leaving salmon and food they gather from their tribal fishing areas, I think that so generous and wonderful..Who am I to judge another, really, I just cannot stay out in weather about 35 to 45 for 9 months of the year raining all the time, no sunshine due to huge forrest growth, moss all around and just the sound of the sea but it heals those Veterans so it must be great..ciao!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-80399573325090989272014-08-23T23:25:36.206-04:002014-08-23T23:25:36.206-04:00I'm with you Hermit.I'm with you Hermit. Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-50545396874927470392014-08-23T22:31:38.231-04:002014-08-23T22:31:38.231-04:00I got the impression that he didn't really hav...I got the impression that he didn't really have any type of plan when he originally started his hermit lifestyle.<br /><br />I understand wanting to be left alone, but stealing to stay alive isn't the way to go. Just my opinion.HermitJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13631580830147175636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-38537252373950950012014-08-23T13:45:11.708-04:002014-08-23T13:45:11.708-04:00Thanks Gorges.Thanks Gorges.Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-90797915261202822802014-08-23T13:35:11.808-04:002014-08-23T13:35:11.808-04:00Valid points.Valid points.Gorges Smythehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08777621500611603786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-57145443203398096622014-08-23T12:17:51.904-04:002014-08-23T12:17:51.904-04:00Couch sounds nice . . .Couch sounds nice . . .Sixbearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15572224383041421400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1937170202895477126.post-85652271177321093932014-08-23T09:55:29.979-04:002014-08-23T09:55:29.979-04:00I could have done it when I was younger, but now I...I could have done it when I was younger, but now I just want my AC and a couch. . .Dizzy-Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14150939928800538404noreply@blogger.com