Would you enjoy spending a month of solitude

[NJmaverick]

Would you enjoy spending a month of solitude in a beautiful natural setting? Food and shelter would be provided but you would not see another person.

[Tripper11]

1. Yes, but., couple questions..

Access to books or reading material at least? Or nothing but your imagination?

[NJmaverick]

5. Books and pets allowed no other people

[HopeHoops]

2. No.

Now, a month in such a place alone with my wife - WHOO HOO!

[NJmaverick]

9. How long have you been married?

[HopeHoops]

11. 22 years

We've been together since Dec 84. She's my best friend in the world.

[NJmaverick]

12. Well good for you! It's great to hear that you guys still have such a great

relationship after all those years:hi:

[nuxvomica]

3. Cats and/or dogs allowed?

Paradise with them, hell without.

[NJmaverick]

6. Pets allowed

[yellowdogintexas]

4. as long as I had books, and at least one cat. Now: beach or mountains?

that is the hard part!!!!!!

[Deja Q]

7. Depends... I've been alone all my life. I foresee no change.

Add a computer and D-SLR with the food and shelter and I'd make a living as a biologist/scholar...

[Tripper11]

8. Well, pets and books..then I would say...

Mandatory for all stressed humans...what a way to come down from life. Find your centre! I would do it in a heartbeat.

[cwydro]

10. When you added the books and pets...

a definite YES!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

13. Yes.

I could go for that.

[NJmaverick]

14. What type of wilderness would you prefer?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

30. Maine coast in September would be ideal...

Rocks, forest, pounding surf, and moderate temps. Ahhhh.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

31. The most important event in my life

took place on the Maine coast in September, 1966, and those who were there with me still regard it as I do - as a time that changed our lives.

We lived here, opening onto the beach - the Atlantis is no longer there - right down the beach from the Walker compound (yep, Poppy and Babs Bush) on Kennebunk Beach.......................

[GoddessOfGuinness]

32. I spent two wonderful summers not far from Bar Harbor

playing in the orchestra at a school for conductors. I received free housing and a fellowship of $25/week...enough to keep me well supplied with hot dogs and beer. I learned so much music, and so much about conducting and playing in an orchestra...and in such a beautiful place. :hi:

[elleng]

45. Pray tell, some time, Kiddo!

'Our' first b&b was there, a few moons ago!

:hi:

[Tangerine LaBamba]

51. My favorite place -

in my memory - it's always the place I see when I close my eyes.

Magic. All of it. And more than forty years later, a group of us are still close, still feeling what happened to us all back there, in that amazing time ................................

[Forkboy]

15. Oh Lord, yes!

People think I'm joking when I was I want to live alone in the Yukon, but I'm not. I'd move there today if I could, and no one would ever see me again. I could totally handle that.

[noamnety]

16. I've done this sort of thing before

in different circumstances. I went a little over two weeks without saying a word to another person, no tv, and no internet. It was a little surreal - like when the power goes out and all the background noise suddenly drops away. I felt a bit like a ghost moving through life. But I was okay with it.

[SKKY]

17. Yep! I sure would.

And I'd be fine providing my own food and shelter.

[hippywife]

18. I wouldn't spend that much time

away from my husband but if I were single, I would love it. And I would spend the whole time reading!

[CrownPrinceBandar]

19. Can I start tomorrow?..........

I'd like a cabin somewhere high in the hills, with abundant food, firewood and what-have-you.

[kedrys]

20. Oh hell yes

Even if the s.o. pitched a fit before, during and after, yes yes yes. AND I'm taking the cats with me. :D

[Roon]

21. I am going to do that when my Grandparents are gone.

I am going to spend three seasons at the cabin. It's solar powered and I can activate the satellite broadband. Can't stay for the winter,too much of a pain to keep the place warm. Make one monthly trip to town for my meds and other business then it's right back up to the mountains.

[rrneck]

22. Where do I sign up?

The backpack's already ready.

[Ikonoklast]

23. Yes. If I can take my books and my cats, I'll leave today.

"L'enfer, c'est les autres" - Sartre.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

24. My dear NJmaverick...

Knowing me as you do ...

What do you think?

Not just no.......HELL NO.

I need people around me. I need their feedback, their support, their love...

All of it.

I might enjoy a few days. But a month? No way. I'd go nuts.

Even if I had my internet connection, I'd go nuts.

:hi:

[NJmaverick]

27. I would be able to go the month

so I have a hard time relating. I mean I enjoy people, but I equally enjoy alone time.

:toast:

[Broken_Hero]

25. Yes,

that sounds like a great vacation to me.

[snappyturtle]

26. I haven't read one response...yet and I can say unquivocably...YES! nt

[PassingFair]

28. Sounds like heaven...

I have too many responsibilities right now.

Crazy mother. Lustful husband. Demanding children.
Yapping dogs. Elderly, incontinent aunt. Shitty job.

I'll take a month alone. In a heartbeat.

[marzipanni]

38. I see on your profile that you like to write.

Your life sounds like it's full of material for an interesting play, but maybe you don't have time to write much.
Do you take care of your mother and aunt?

[PassingFair]

39. My mother lives across the street from me. Really.

She is lonely, so she comes over 3 or 4 times
a day, just to impact someone.

Unfortunately, that is usually my kids and/or
my husband, who "works" from home.

I looked after my aunt in her rent
assisted apartment until she became unable
to walk, she has been in a nursing home
for 3 months.

Did I mention that my mother and my aunt (father's sister)
are MORTAL ENEMIES?

All of my "writing" is done on DU.

:rofl:

[marzipanni]

42. Oh-oh, mortal enemies, eh?

Probably jealous of your attention to the other.
I like the Dan Hick's song "How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW9-FOLG-iA&feature=related

:rofl: is right...it's all you can do to stay somewhat sane at least some of the time!

:

[Rabrrrrrr]

29. I'd give my left nut for a month off like that

Of course I'd like a month of solitude!

What kind of type-A extroverted buttwipe wouldn't?

[Inchworm]

33. Not no, but fuck no!

Done it..

My mind is very depressive. Didn't like what I saw.

:hug:

[Odin2005]

34. No.

I may be an "aspie" but I still need people time once in a while and a month is just too long.

Now, if it was me and all my close friends, THAT would be perfect!

[Duer 157099]

35. With books and pets? Can we make it a decade instead?

I'm all for that.

[BarenakedLady]

36. I'd miss my kids too much.

Otherwise, yes.

[Juche]

37. yes

As long as I had things to keep me occupied (books, nature trails, other things to do) and access to hygiene facilities (toothpaste, showers, etc).

[enigmatic]

40. Solitude is my cocaine

so yes, absolutely.

[texanwitch]

41. Can we make it two months.

I would like the beach in winter.

My dog and I would be most happy.

[SeattleGirl]

43. Right now, hells yeah.

I'd love it.

[Heidi]

44. Yes, but I'd need my cat, journals and at least some pastels.

CMW can fend for himself, but The Wiley and Excellent Boy Cat Named Ginger is a big "Mami-Titi." :hi:

[Kali]

46. I'd probably be jabbery as hell when it was over

but FUCK YES! especially with reading material allowed.

[Blue_In_AK]

47. I'd be fine with it as long as I had my camera. n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

48. That would be paradise, if I could have my cats and plenty of books.

A nice cabin by a lake and NO PEOPLE. Where do I sign up?

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

49. Sign me up!

I would love it. Of course, I'd also love coming back. :)

[quakerboy]

50. Not without

my wife, computer, and plenty of books and projects. And a much better financial situation than I currently have.

When running totally solo, as I have a few times, I tend to revert to a much more primal state. I'm half surprised I retained my knowledge of plumbing and didn't just poop in a corner.

[JTG of the PRB]

52. If I could bring books, DVDs, and my computer, then I would love it.

And if my dog is allowed, it would be even better. I would only worry about getting too used to it.

[proteus_lives]

53. Sounds like a dream.

Just give me a couple of cartons of smokes and a few boxes of books and I'm in!