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THE 93-YEAR-OLD LEGEND LIVING OFF THE LAND IN THE CALIFORNIA WILDERNESS YOU’LL WISH YOU COULD MEET
The Blaze ^ | Liz Klimas

Posted on 11/02/2013 1:08:28 PM PDT by nickcarraway

There’s a man living in the Ventana Wilderness in central California’s Santa Lucia Mountains who has been the fascination of many for years. Why? Because he’s 93 years old, lives alone five miles from the nearest road (the way he likes it) and has a different view of life.

“I’m just different than most people. I’d rather go back than go ahead,” Jack English said in a recent video by filmmaker Grace Jackson. It’s one of several videos and photo stories featuring the man who makes violin bows.

Living in a cabin made from materials off the land, English can go up to two weeks without seeing a single person.

He said he “fell in love” with the area when he first stepped foot on it, coming to hunt deer at 11 years old. Decades later he learned an isolated parcel was being auctioned and he bought it.

“I think the main thing is that it doesn’t change,” he said of the property. “It seems to be the same as when I first come here.

He had always wanted to set up his permanent residence there, but his wife, Mary, and other responsibilities prevented him from doing so. It was on his last visit to the hospital where Mary was being treated for cancer that she gave him permission to move there after she died. And he did.

“Life has its problems, but it’s like my wife always said, ‘it’s how you contend with those problems that will be the result,’” he said. “I look back and I really did have a good life.”

“I’m different, I know, and this is an individual thing,” he continued. “It’s the kind of life I like, and that’s why I’m here and that’s where I hope I’m going to be ’til the end. Maybe with luck I can make it.”

Watch the short, uplifting film about English’s lifestyle:


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To: DIRTYSECRET
How does he get lucky?

Simply by waking up to the wonders of God's creation every morning.

41 posted on 11/02/2013 9:28:12 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Dysart; All
If you like your incisors you will be able to keep your incisors, period.

If you like your bicuspids you’ll be able to keep your bicuspids, period.

No one will take them away, no matter what.

42 posted on 11/02/2013 11:11:34 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Fightin Whitey

Palmetto bugs - annoying buggers, especially for me since I live near a large wooded area and they like to invade my living space.

You know... kinda like a health care navigator.


43 posted on 11/03/2013 6:35:15 AM PST by bolobaby
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To: bolobaby

Yes, yes...we have pests like that too. Spiders, flying ants, tiny gnats that clog the fixtures and smoke alarms.

They are so numerous and persistant...almost like they’re somehow organized into little communities!


44 posted on 11/03/2013 8:47:06 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: mlizzy

Have seen that literally a few dozen times. I watch it every year at least once.


45 posted on 11/05/2013 9:16:28 AM PST by MomwithHope (Let's make Mark Levin's The Liberty Amendments a reality!)
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To: mlizzy

Have seen that literally a few dozen times. I watch it every year at least once.


46 posted on 11/05/2013 9:16:44 AM PST by MomwithHope (Let's make Mark Levin's The Liberty Amendments a reality!)
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