![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s hard to tell exactly how many years because Annie is more than a bit non-linear about time. And there she lived, improvising her own water system, cooking and taking showers outdoors, and doing without what most of us would consider the basics for many years. For sheer guts and persistence, Annie Dodds beats the heck out of me!Īnnie’s inconvenient little house was set on 50 acres in Texas. It was the kind of place where, on a bad day, you might open your sock drawer, briefly think, “I don’t have any socks that color,” then realize you were looking at a rattlesnake coiled atop your footwear.Ī Widow’s Walk tells the story of how she - recently widowed, emotionally devastated, dead broke, middle-aged, and equipped only with her own resourcefulness - followed her Backwoods Home-inspired dream of living independently and off-grid.Īlthough she kindly credits me as one of her inspirations, she gives me far more credit than I deserve. It had no electrical service, no plumbing (not even an outhouse), rats in the attic, a tree staving in one wall, and a host of other cold, hot, wet, dry, dirty, inconvenient problems. But Annie Dodds quickly discovered why she was able to lease the place sight-unseen for just $500 per year. Photos show a normal, though elderly, little house. A Widow’s Walk Off-Grid to Self-Reliance:Īn inspiring, true story of courage and determination ![]()
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