Meet a man who has lived alone on an island for 32 years.

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Mauro Morandi found serenity in solitude decades on Italy’s Budelli island. He now has to leave.

Mauro Morandi has lived alone on Italy’s Budelli Island for 31 years. “What I love the most is the silence,” he says. “The silence in winter when there isn’t a storm and no one is around, but also the summer silence of sunset.”

Meet Mauro Morandi, a man who has lived alone on an island for 32 years

Mauro Morandi found serenity in solitude decades on Italy’s Budelli island. He now has to leave.

www.nationalgeographic.com

 

[Mindful]

^ More than a year ago, when the world responded to isolation orders to prevent the spread of coronavirus, Mauro Morandi stayed put. He had no reason to move because he has spent the past three decades in isolation by choice.

In 1989, Morandi’s catamaran—engine crippled and anchor adrift—washed up on the coast of Budelli Island, located on a stretch of water between Sardinia and Corsica. As luck would have it, Morandi learned that the island’s caretaker was retiring from his post, so he sold his boat and assumed a new role.

Thirty-two years later, Morandi, known as Italy’s Robinson Crusoe, was the sole resident and guardian of the island. Now, after decades of protecting one of Italy’s most beautiful islands, Mauro Morandi has surrendered his post, responding to years of pressure from authorities who have asked him to leave.

 

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^ Morandi said that teaching people how to see beauty will save the world from exploitation. “I would like people to understand that we must try not to look at beauty, but feel beauty with our eyes closed,” he says.
Winters on Budelli are both beautiful and lonely. Morandi endured long stretches of time—upwards of 20 days—without any human contact. He found solace in the introspection it affords him, and often sits on the beach with nothing but the sounds of the wind and waves to punctuate the silence.
“I’m sort of in prison here,” he says. “But it’s a prison that I chose for myself”.

 

[justinacolmena]

Mauro Morandi has lived alone on Italy’s Budelli Island for 31 years.

You're saying he lived alone, as a single man, on an Italian island? I just don't quite believe that.

'No man is an island' - what does it mean?

The meaning and origin of the phrase 'No man is an island'.

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[percysunshine]

Mauro Morandi has lived alone on Italy’s Budelli Island for 31 years.

You're saying he lived alone, as a single man, on an Italian island? I just don't quite believe that.

'No man is an island' - what does it mean?

The meaning and origin of the phrase 'No man is an island'.

www.phrases.org.uk

We found Ropey.

 

[Baron Von Murderpaws]

Lucky bastard!

 

[Muhammed]

Somebody give that man some deodorant and mouthwash.

 

[Mindful]

Mauro Morandi has lived alone on Italy’s Budelli Island for 31 years.

You're saying he lived alone, as a single man, on an Italian island? I just don't quite believe that.

'No man is an island' - what does it mean?

The meaning and origin of the phrase 'No man is an island'.

www.phrases.org.uk

I’m not saying it. The article does.

If he was a caretaker, he would have met government officials from time to time.

What I took from it, was learning to live with solitude.

You obviously didn’t.

 

[Mindful]

Mauro Morandi has lived alone on Italy’s Budelli Island for 31 years.

You're saying he lived alone, as a single man, on an Italian island? I just don't quite believe that.

'No man is an island' - what does it mean?

The meaning and origin of the phrase 'No man is an island'.

www.phrases.org.uk

We found Ropey.

Must you derail, so soon?

 

[Mindful]

Somebody give that man some deodorant and mouthwash.

Thought better of you.

 

[fncceo]

Lucky bastard!

You beat me to it.

 

[Mindful]

Lucky bastard!

You beat me to it.

Just get a camper van, and park it by the river.

 

[justinacolmena]

Must you derail, so soon?

Yes. It's time to get off the train. There's a registered sex offender dude on an island somewhere, and all the ladies are out to meet him.

 

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Mauro Morandi found serenity in solitude decades on Italy’s Budelli island. He now has to leave.

Mauro Morandi has lived alone on Italy’s Budelli Island for 31 years. “What I love the most is the silence,” he says. “The silence in winter when there isn’t a storm and no one is around, but also the summer silence of sunset.”

Meet Mauro Morandi, a man who has lived alone on an island for 32 years

Mauro Morandi found serenity in solitude decades on Italy’s Budelli island. He now has to leave.

www.nationalgeographic.com

Would have liked to have read that, but, I don't bother with anything that requires me to "SIGN UP" to read it.

 

[Mindful]

Mauro Morandi found serenity in solitude decades on Italy’s Budelli island. He now has to leave.

Mauro Morandi has lived alone on Italy’s Budelli Island for 31 years. “What I love the most is the silence,” he says. “The silence in winter when there isn’t a storm and no one is around, but also the summer silence of sunset.”

Meet Mauro Morandi, a man who has lived alone on an island for 32 years

Mauro Morandi found serenity in solitude decades on Italy’s Budelli island. He now has to leave.

www.nationalgeographic.com

Would have liked to have read that, but, I don't bother with anything that requires me to "SIGN UP" to read it.

I didn’t have to sign up to read it.

 

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Mauro Morandi found serenity in solitude decades on Italy’s Budelli island. He now has to leave.

Mauro Morandi has lived alone on Italy’s Budelli Island for 31 years. “What I love the most is the silence,” he says. “The silence in winter when there isn’t a storm and no one is around, but also the summer silence of sunset.”

Meet Mauro Morandi, a man who has lived alone on an island for 32 years

Mauro Morandi found serenity in solitude decades on Italy’s Budelli island. He now has to leave.

www.nationalgeographic.com

Would have liked to have read that, but, I don't bother with anything that requires me to "SIGN UP" to read it.

I didn’t have to sign up to read it.

Well that's what it wants me to do. Scroll down so far, page locks up with a notice...

 

[Mindful]

Mauro Morandi found serenity in solitude decades on Italy’s Budelli island. He now has to leave.

Mauro Morandi has lived alone on Italy’s Budelli Island for 31 years. “What I love the most is the silence,” he says. “The silence in winter when there isn’t a storm and no one is around, but also the summer silence of sunset.”

Meet Mauro Morandi, a man who has lived alone on an island for 32 years

Mauro Morandi found serenity in solitude decades on Italy’s Budelli island. He now has to leave.

www.nationalgeographic.com

Would have liked to have read that, but, I don't bother with anything that requires me to "SIGN UP" to read it.

I didn’t have to sign up to read it.

Well that's what it wants me to do. Scroll down so far, page locks up with a notice...

I’m in a different country to you.

 

[Mindful]

I could copy and paste. But it’s a bit long, and depends on how interested you are.

 

[xband]

Mauro Morandi found serenity in solitude decades on Italy’s Budelli island. He now has to leave.

Mauro Morandi has lived alone on Italy’s Budelli Island for 31 years. “What I love the most is the silence,” he says. “The silence in winter when there isn’t a storm and no one is around, but also the summer silence of sunset.”

Meet Mauro Morandi, a man who has lived alone on an island for 32 years

Mauro Morandi found serenity in solitude decades on Italy’s Budelli island. He now has to leave.

www.nationalgeographic.com

I don't blame Mario, people are more aggressive than usual including a certain probate lawyer.

 

[Unkotare]

Authorities report finding a horribly abused volleyball on the beach.