{"id":347,"date":"2011-10-21T22:36:19","date_gmt":"2011-10-22T02:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/?p=347"},"modified":"2017-01-25T18:30:29","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T23:30:29","slug":"theres-a-hermit-in-our-hills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2011\/10\/theres-a-hermit-in-our-hills.html","title":{"rendered":"there&#8217;s a hermit in our hills&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u2026 and\u00a0he\u2019s cold;\u00a0very cold. Having camped in the Blue Ridge mountains area and their foot hills late into the month of November, I can attest to the frigid tempatures\u00a0in the evenings.\u00a0 It\u2019s 45 degrees here in Charlotte tonight and a\u00a0teeth chattering 35 at Fr. George\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/holysoulshermitage.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Holy Souls Hermitage<\/a>.\u00a0And the temperature is only going to drop lower as\u00a0fall turns into winter. Before that happens, Fr. George is hoping God will provide him with $1,500.00 for a warm stove and stove pipe. Too humble to request donations himself,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/philipgerardjohnson.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/catholic-hermit-is-cold.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">local seminarian Philip Gerard Johnson, has set up a paypal account where\u00a0donations can\u00a0be sent<\/a>. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t have a paypal account or prefer not\u00a0to send your personal financial information through the villianous portals of the interwebs,\u00a0checks can be made payable\u00a0to George David Byers, and sent to: 102 College Station Drive; Suite 3 \u2014 PMB 233; Brevard N.C. 28712 USA<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t have to be a huge donation, a simple $5 or $10 here and there from enough people will certainly help thaw Fr. George\u2019s bones.\u00a0Please take a moment to stop by <a href=\"http:\/\/philipgerardjohnson.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/catholic-hermit-is-cold.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Philip\u2019s blog<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/holysoulshermitage.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Holy Souls Hermitage site <\/a>and learn about the North Carolina hermit. If you feel so compelled, please spread the word\u00a0so the donations can start to pour in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2011\/10\/about-picture.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-355\" title=\"about-picture\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/66\/2011\/10\/about-picture-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ps- Congratulations, Philip, on your Candidacy for Holy Orders!<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATED 10\/23\/11: There is no way to make a paypal donation. Due to paypal\u2019s non-profit regulations personal donations cannot be solicited. Please make donations by check made payable to George Byers to the address above. Thanks you. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026 and\u00a0he\u2019s cold;\u00a0very cold. Having camped in the Blue Ridge mountains area and their foot hills late into the month of November, I can attest to the frigid tempatures\u00a0in the evenings.\u00a0 It\u2019s 45 degrees here in Charlotte tonight and a\u00a0teeth chattering 35 at Fr. George\u2019s Holy Souls Hermitage.\u00a0And the temperature is only going to drop [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>there&#039;s a hermit in our hills...<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"... and\u00a0he&#039;s cold;\u00a0very cold. Having camped in the Blue Ridge mountains area and their foot hills late into the month of November, I can attest to the\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2011\/10\/theres-a-hermit-in-our-hills.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"there&#039;s a hermit in our hills...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"... and\u00a0he&#039;s cold;\u00a0very cold. Having camped in the Blue Ridge mountains area and their foot hills late into the month of November, I can attest to the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2011\/10\/theres-a-hermit-in-our-hills.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Crescat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-10-22T02:36:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-01-25T23:30:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/wp.patheos.com.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/files\/2011\/10\/about-picture-300x205.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Katrina Fernandez\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Katrina Fernandez\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2011\/10\/theres-a-hermit-in-our-hills.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2011\/10\/theres-a-hermit-in-our-hills.html\",\"name\":\"there's a hermit in our hills...\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-10-22T02:36:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-01-25T23:30:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/#\/schema\/person\/c9dc4618a6b6ed3f289501dad3a031b2\"},\"description\":\"... and\u00a0he's cold;\u00a0very cold. Having camped in the Blue Ridge mountains area and their foot hills late into the month of November, I can attest to the\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2011\/10\/theres-a-hermit-in-our-hills.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2011\/10\/theres-a-hermit-in-our-hills.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2011\/10\/theres-a-hermit-in-our-hills.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"there&#8217;s a hermit in our hills&#8230;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/\",\"name\":\"The Crescat\",\"description\":\"Fortified with vitamin BXVI. Not a substitute for regular mass attendance. Side effects may include mackerel snapping.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/#\/schema\/person\/c9dc4618a6b6ed3f289501dad3a031b2\",\"name\":\"Katrina Fernandez\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/63fb79a49cad186031168f8db7e7abe1?s=96&d=retro&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/63fb79a49cad186031168f8db7e7abe1?s=96&d=retro&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Katrina Fernandez\"},\"description\":\"Mackerel Snapping Papist\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/author\/thecrescat\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"there's a hermit in our hills...","description":"... and\u00a0he's cold;\u00a0very cold. Having camped in the Blue Ridge mountains area and their foot hills late into the month of November, I can attest to the","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2011\/10\/theres-a-hermit-in-our-hills.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"there's a hermit in our hills...","og_description":"... and\u00a0he's cold;\u00a0very cold. Having camped in the Blue Ridge mountains area and their foot hills late into the month of November, I can attest to the","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2011\/10\/theres-a-hermit-in-our-hills.html","og_site_name":"The Crescat","article_published_time":"2011-10-22T02:36:19+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-01-25T23:30:29+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/wp.patheos.com.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/files\/2011\/10\/about-picture-300x205.jpg"}],"author":"Katrina Fernandez","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Katrina Fernandez","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2011\/10\/theres-a-hermit-in-our-hills.html","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2011\/10\/theres-a-hermit-in-our-hills.html","name":"there's a hermit in our hills...","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-10-22T02:36:19+00:00","dateModified":"2017-01-25T23:30:29+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/#\/schema\/person\/c9dc4618a6b6ed3f289501dad3a031b2"},"description":"... and\u00a0he's cold;\u00a0very cold. Having camped in the Blue Ridge mountains area and their foot hills late into the month of November, I can attest to the","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2011\/10\/theres-a-hermit-in-our-hills.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2011\/10\/theres-a-hermit-in-our-hills.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/2011\/10\/theres-a-hermit-in-our-hills.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"there&#8217;s a hermit in our hills&#8230;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/","name":"The Crescat","description":"Fortified with vitamin BXVI. Not a substitute for regular mass attendance. Side effects may include mackerel snapping.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/#\/schema\/person\/c9dc4618a6b6ed3f289501dad3a031b2","name":"Katrina Fernandez","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/63fb79a49cad186031168f8db7e7abe1?s=96&d=retro&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/63fb79a49cad186031168f8db7e7abe1?s=96&d=retro&r=g","caption":"Katrina Fernandez"},"description":"Mackerel Snapping Papist","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/author\/thecrescat"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thecrescat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}