Re: [pyrnet] Gordon's quest

["Gordon Crump" <hermit@duo-county.com>]

   Bless you!  It is a job badly needed and only those with
your goodness would take it on.
   Kentucky should be considered when you select your hermitdom.  Land
is still comparably cheap here and there are corners to do about
anything you want.  Once out of the city, the lifelong rural people
are wonderful, and helpful.
I spent six hours mowing today and pulling weeds in 90-plus
temperature.  My neighbor saw me and before I could prepare anything
for supper, brought me a nice pork roast and vegetables. He knew I
would be tired.
   I helped a lady build a rescue shelter a couple of years ago.
She got a lot of cooperation from others getting it built.  There are
no building inspections in my county, just electric and water.  It is
possible to buy a place for a few thousand dollars.
I paid $3,000 for my six acres, which is fertile farm land. You can't
always get that good a deal, but you can find
plenty of land.  For someone not yet moved and  with at least a
modicum of income, ten percent down and a land contract will put you
where you want to be. That way, you pay before you  need it, and  can
spend vacation time fixing it up as you like.The money you would have
paid outright, can go to making improvements that you want.  There are
a lot of homesteaders here, people bummed out on city life, and
they seem to do really well.  One was a young doctor from Chicago, who
moved his children here, and raised dairy goats for a living.  He's
still here, but the kids are gone, I understand.  An UCLA grad who
walked away without his degree, to live in the woods.
   It is possible to break the city strangle, even without a lot of
money.  A young couple from New York could not stand another moment of
it and arrived with an aged pickup truck, a child and 16 pieces of
plywood.  We had them a shelter before dark.  Now they have one of the
prettiest small homes in the county, raise dairy goats, home school
their children and visit New York only to see family.
  If I can be of help to you on the Pyr project or in locating
property, please tell me.  (I do not get any money for helping
refugees find property.  You would be welcome here.
   Thanks again for thinking of the aged Pyrs.  How sad that some get
rid of their dogs when they get old because they fear high vet bills.
Is that any way to repay a friend?
   All the best,

 Hermit in the Woods.




----- Original Message -----
From: "Barb Bowes" <bamb@monmouth.com>
To: <pyrnet-l@pyrnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: [pyrnet] Gordon's quest


> Well Gordon, here in the Wilds of Suburbia, it is a Rat Race,
> with some pretty big Rats! <vbg> Some comic relief is always
> welcome. Someday I too will get my little place in the woods,
> where all the old Rescue Pyrs that no one wants to adopt can live
> out their golden years. I have a BIG soft spot for the old ones
> that people abandon. (young ones too, but the old ones really
> tear at my heart strings) Seems people who are willing to adopt a
> dog that may only have a year or two left are few and far
> between.
>
> Barb Bowes
> Bo & Chelsea (Pyrs), Flopsy (Pyr Shep) & Machin (Doxie)
> The more people I meet, the more I like my dog!
> bamb@monmouth.com
>
>
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