The way home : tales from a life without technology /
Boyle, Mark, 1979-
The way home : tales from a life without technology / Mark Boyle. - xix, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-266).
Knowing my place -- Winter -- Spring -- Summer -- Autumn -- The complexities of simplicity -- Postscript -- A short note on the free hostel.
"'It was 11pm when I checked my email for the last time and turned off my phone for what I hoped would be forever.' No running water, no car, no electricity or any of the things it powers: the internet, phone, washing machine, radio or light bulb. Just a wooden cabin, on a smallholding, by the edge of a stand of spruce. In this honest and lyrical account of a remarkable life without modern technology, Mark Boyle explores the hard won joys of building a home with his bare hands, learning to make fire, collecting water from the spring, foraging and fishing. What he finds is an elemental life, one governed by the rhythms of the sun and seasons, where life and death dance in a primal landscape of blood, wood, muck, water, and fire--much the same life we have lived for most of our time on earth. Revisiting it brings a deep insight into what it means to be human at a time when the boundaries between man and machine are blurring."--Publisher's website.
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Boyle, Mark, 1979- --Homes and haunts.
Boyle, Mark, 1979- --Homes and haunts--Ireland--Galway (County)
Self-reliant living--Case studies.
Self-reliant living.
Home economics, Rural--Case studies.
Mountain life--Case studies.
Cell phones--Social aspects--Miscellanea.
Internet--Social aspects--Miscellanea.
Social media--Social aspects--Miscellanea.
Self-reliant living--Ireland--Galway (County)
Autobiographies.
The way home : tales from a life without technology / Mark Boyle. - xix, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-266).
Knowing my place -- Winter -- Spring -- Summer -- Autumn -- The complexities of simplicity -- Postscript -- A short note on the free hostel.
"'It was 11pm when I checked my email for the last time and turned off my phone for what I hoped would be forever.' No running water, no car, no electricity or any of the things it powers: the internet, phone, washing machine, radio or light bulb. Just a wooden cabin, on a smallholding, by the edge of a stand of spruce. In this honest and lyrical account of a remarkable life without modern technology, Mark Boyle explores the hard won joys of building a home with his bare hands, learning to make fire, collecting water from the spring, foraging and fishing. What he finds is an elemental life, one governed by the rhythms of the sun and seasons, where life and death dance in a primal landscape of blood, wood, muck, water, and fire--much the same life we have lived for most of our time on earth. Revisiting it brings a deep insight into what it means to be human at a time when the boundaries between man and machine are blurring."--Publisher's website.
9781786076007 1786076004 9781786076021 1786076020
GBB925011 bnb
019244417 Uk
Boyle, Mark, 1979- --Homes and haunts.
Boyle, Mark, 1979- --Homes and haunts--Ireland--Galway (County)
Self-reliant living--Case studies.
Self-reliant living.
Home economics, Rural--Case studies.
Mountain life--Case studies.
Cell phones--Social aspects--Miscellanea.
Internet--Social aspects--Miscellanea.
Social media--Social aspects--Miscellanea.
Self-reliant living--Ireland--Galway (County)
Autobiographies.