Letter from Helen Nearing
Harborside, Maine
August 18, 1993
Dear Friend,
You write and ask how one finds people of similar
aims and congeniality. Sometimes one never does.
After decades of expressing our opinions on our
likes and dislikes there are very few people who
agree with us entirely.
With the vegetarians, and hygienists and
theosophists we are too radical politically. With
our political friends we are too queer with our
vegetarian and ‘spiritual’ ideas.
With conservative people we meet socially we are
too far to the left in everything. So we go our way
alone and maintain our own standards, let the
chips fall where they may. You may have to learn
to stand alone.
Very best wishes,
Helen Nearing
So we stood alone and on May 5, 1994, we moved to our
property, determined to build our home before the first
snow. We had saved $5000 for this purpose- we soon
learned that much more money would be needed or a new
plan.