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Woman in the Wilderness: My Story of Love, Survival and Self-Discovery

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Life was simpler without a lot of belongings that require care and maintenance. It seemed to me that possessions have a crafty way of possessing the owner I went round excitedly telling everyone about this story, expecting them to be instantly enchanted with it like I was… and they were SO NOT IMPRESSED. It’s a kind of permanent yearning, but it also gives me the energy to keep aiming for an ever-moving goalpost.’ I told her about the day I had seen the chamois and realised that real beauty lies in being not becoming. It had made perfect sense in the wilderness, but I now saw that in civilisation everything was about comparison.

When the falcon rose again, I realised that it was not its strength or size that asserted its dominance; it was its fearlessness. (c) As I drove home, I felt euphoric. My heart was bursting with energy, and I smiled all the way. School was out. I had plenty of savings in the bank, I had New Zealand residency, and I had the freedom to live wherever I wanted. (c) De cover is precies zoals Miriam op jacht ging. Ze leefden voornamelijk van de dieren, die toch maar gedood worden zonder ze op te eten, omdat Nieuw-Zeeland de dieren van vroeger zonder menselijke inbreng terug willen. when I see the place where I’ll die, I’d like to think that I’ll recognise it. Then I’ll know the time has come to stay in one place

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Ik moet bekennen dat ik eerst de aflevering van Floortje Dessing heb gekeken en een interview bij RTL late night. Normaal doe ik het niet, maar ik kwam bij toeval bij RTL night terecht en zag ik haar. Een inspirerende vrouw. Miriam Lancewood is a young Dutch woman living a primitive, nomadic life in the heart of New Zealand’s mountains with her New Zealand husband Peter. She lives simply in a tent or hut and survives by hunting wild animals, foraging edible plants and using minimal supplies. For seven years, they lived this way, through all seasons, often cold, hungry and isolated in the bush. She loves her life and feels free, connected to the land and happy. I spotted a big plant with yellow flowers and when I touched its soft green leaves I felt, intuitively, that these could have a medicinal property for the lungs. When I saw another plant, which Peter recognised as ragwort, I felt that it should not be eaten, but could perhaps have a use for skin treatments. We walked from plant to plant, and each one told us something of interest. I realised that in the past people would have had a sense for the medicinal values of plants, and that this insight was now rendered obsolete by modern science and technology. (c) When the wild horses saw us, they fled like wary deer. Their long manes and tails flew up in the air as they galloped at full speed inland. It was a remarkable sight. Horses are naturally very elegant, but these wild ones were indescribably magnificent. These free horses almost felt like a gift from Ninety Mile Beach. (c) We’ve got to pay the mortgage or the rent,’ he said over his shoulder. ‘For a house we only see at night’

Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she had a place prepared by God, so that there she would be nourished for 1,260 days. To sit through a very quiet winter, even just once in your life, is very purifying—mentally, I mean. (c) Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she had a place prepared by God, so that there she would be nourished for one thousand two hundred and sixty days. And so the idea was born to wash my hair with urine. (c) Well, at least they didn't resolve to drink it. Don’t write that down.’ He (Peter) laughed. ‘See it for yourself. Words are meaningless compared to direct experience.’I realised that my experience of nature had begun to change. I was tuned in to the rhythm of the forest, river and mountains. Beauty had become more apparent and intense. When I looked at the mountains, I saw not only their outward shapes, but also colours and moods. And slowly, over the weeks and months, I smelled the subtle breeze, the perfume of the forest and the approaching rain. I noticed changing clouds and delicate colours in the sky. (c) Since 2010, Miriam Lancewood has lived nomadically in the wilds of New Zealand with her partner. They spend all their waking moments connected to nature. They walk hundreds of miles through forests, rivers, mountains. She hunts for their food with a bow, and a rifle. And she somehow does all of this whilst also looking like a mega babe!? Wtf??? On a scale of one to epic, how FREAKING EPIC is that? Many rivers to cross: Miriam and Peter on their way. Her one regret is that she is not allowed to use her Steyr Mannlicher .308 rifle in Europe. Photograph: Murdo Macleod/Observer

I think it’ll be a bit of an adjustment in the beginning, don’t you?’ I sounded far more coherent than I felt. Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she had a place prepared by God, so that she would be nourished there for a thousand two hundred and sixty days (forty-two months; three and one-half years). The woman fled into the wilderness to a place prepared for her by God, where she might be taken care of for 1,260 days. And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place having been prepared there by God, so that they should nourish her there one thousand two hundred sixty days.Life in this society is one great assault on the senses. We’re constantly overloading ourselves. We eat too much, because we can’t feel whether our stomach is full or not. We don’t taste anything, so we need more MSG and salt and sugar. The music we listen to—like the band just now—causes hearing damage My sister Jammy: Why do you feel the need to fetishise a conventionally attractive white woman who’s chosen to adopt this lifestyle as though it’s radical, when thousands of indigenous people globally have already been doing this since for ever? Except they don’t feel the need to make a big song and dance about it, and actually colonial white supremacist governments continue to socially marginalise and oppress them simply for the act of living this way? Shouldn’t you be paying attention to them instead? This book could easily have descended into fetishising a way of life which many people have no choice but to lead, and for them is actually incredibly difficult. In fact, it's a ‘self-fulfilment’ exploration on the importance of individuals being able to seek a lifestyle that provides you with meaning and mental peace, not matter what that is.

I took his hand and looked out at the valley and forest all around us. Peter had read all of the old newspapers and magazines in the hut from cover to coverBut how will you shower? ... Oh no, you have to come out once a month! At least when you have your period, surely! (c) Ugh, I have no idea how people managed to make it when there were no facilities or modern sanitary stuffs. And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. Amazing feeling, to be so alone in such an isolated place, isn’t it?’ I said. The nearest house was a good three days’ walk from here. At this time of year, in winter, most people left the mountains alone and stayed inside until the spring. Peter turned round and put my arms over his shoulders. ‘Now it’s just us,’ he said, embracing me. I took a deep breath. ‘I feel like we have finally come home.’ Peter nodded. ‘This is the world we were all born into.’

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