The Hermit in the Desert

Mission

This site is a record of my efforts to survive in the modern world. As a result, it is a blog about minimalism, faith, health, and happiness.

It’s Like Game of Thrones, right?

March 25, 2018

I wanted to write about a purchase I finally made – a compound bow. For the longest time, I had planned on purchasing a rifle to get into hunting, but when the time finally came, there was something about a compound bow that triggered my imagination. Is this what Game of Thrones is like? With … More It’s Like Game of Thrones, right?

My Top 10 Musical Acts (If I never wanted to discover anything new ever again)

January 12, 2018

At a certain age, a man looks in the mirror, and then over his shoulder at popular culture, and realizes that popular culture just isn’t attractive anymore, and that nothing being produced today is really meant for him. We are no longer the target demographic. Modern music is just garbage. Modern movies aren’t compelling. Modern … More My Top 10 Musical Acts (If I never wanted to discover anything new ever again)

The Cloud of Unknowing – Chapter 2 (A Translation by a moron, for morons)

December 29, 2017

The Second Chapter A short stirring to meekness and to the work of this book Look up now, you weak wretch, and see what you are. What are you, and have you deserved, to be thus called by our Lord? What weary and wretched heart and slothful sleep cannot be wakened by the calling of … More The Cloud of Unknowing – Chapter 2 (A Translation by a moron, for morons)

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