Happiness Without Technology

[Matthew]

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• Emma Orbach, 58, has shunned society, living in a mudhut she built herself
  -The Oxford graduate named her home Tir Ysbrydol, which means ‘spirit land’ in Welsh, where she has banned technology
• She fetches water from a stream and keeps three goats, seven chickens and two horses

Mrs Orbach said: ‘This is how I want to live. This lifestyle makes me feel really happy and at peace and this is my ideal home.’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... hills.html

[Barbara]

from the summary, that sounds like I what I would like, too, though I want electrical power and heat and running water as a minimum.
Otherwise, learning to rough it is a really good idea.

Getting away the horrible buzz of cellphones and all that would really improve life. I can't stand when people
are talking on them and disturbing everyone else. Especially when they are self-conscious and trying to "be seen"
by their peers while having so many "important conversations" which are probably nothing, anyway !