TY  - BOOK
AU  - Boyle,Mark
TI  - The way home: tales from a life without technology 
SN  - 9781786076007
PY  - 2019///
CY  - London
PB  - Oneworld
KW  - Boyle, Mark,
KW  - Self-reliant living
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Home economics, Rural
KW  - Mountain life
KW  - Cell phones
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Miscellanea
KW  - Internet
KW  - Social media
KW  - Ireland
KW  - Galway (County)
KW  - Autobiographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - 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
N2  - "'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
ER  -