In May 2017, Ted Conover went to Colorado to explore firsthand a rural way of life that is about living cheaply, on your own land…
Blog Entry
February 22, 2024
I wrote for Outside magazine about the puzzling and tragic case of Rebecca Vance, who believed from the internet that people were about to be turned into machines and took her 13-year-old son and her sister “off-grid” to be “safe” at a campsite at 10,000 feet.
I feel lucky to do what I do. I write about real people, often by living their lives for a while-visiting their lives, you might say. Trying them on for size. Though there are easier ways to make a living, I suppose, none strike me as a fraction so interesting.