I ended up appreciating Chris Czajkowski's book A Mountain Year: Nature Diary of a Wilderness Dweller. The book is a meditation on nature that draws you into the beauty and calmness of her world. She leaves out most of the gritty day to day details involved in the upkeep and running of her business - renting out cabins to summer tourists at her home, Nuk Tessli, in British Columbia. Behind the scenes of diary entries of her thoughtful observations on nature and with beautiful watercolors and drawings, a lot of hard work must be involved but she doesn't complain but instead distills the essence of the beauty around her into her journal.
I will be sad to end the book and leave her world. I admire that she lives there alone most of the year. She goes into the outer world for book tours and other chores such as resupply but mostly she resides at Nuk Tessli and says that she needs the solitude. She does have two dogs for company and keeps in contact with the outer world via email when her Internet connection is working. Though they are not "next door", there are neighbors in the area to help her if she needs it. Wwoofers, from the organization World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms, come from around the world to live at Nuk Tessli in the summer and help her with brushing out trails and other upkeep of the grounds. She must realize that she is blessed to live her life her way.