John Wells, 64, Who Fled New York for the Solitude of the Desert, Dies

by mitchbobon 6/15/2025, 4:00:26 AM with 3 comments
  • by mitchbobon 6/15/2025, 4:00:26 AM

    https://archive.ph/4bKKp

  • by bombcaron 6/15/2025, 10:45:20 AM

    > He eventually arranged for a D.S.L. line and phone service (it cost $10 to bury the cables and run them to his property from the highway two and a half miles away).

    Either that’s a typo for $10k or he had the nicest phone company in existence.

  • by raincomon 6/15/2025, 4:17:34 AM

    John Wells' blog: https://thefieldlab.blogspot.com