The Land Between
The Land Between is a region of the Canadian Shield in central Ontario. It turns up in Four Thousand Weeks (Oliver Burkeman): The farm is the destination of the one worked example of a deliberate retreat from convenience culture; the place’s remoteness is the point.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four Thousand Weeks | Oliver Burkeman | subject | Sylvia Keesmaat leaves a full-time university post in Toronto and moves her family to a farm in the Land Between. |
Four Thousand Weeks — Oliver Burkeman (2021)
Source: Four Thousand Weeks · Original · Readwise highlight
She moved with her husband and children to a farm in the vast swath of the Canadian interior known as the Land Between
- Role: subject
- In the book: Sylvia Keesmaat leaves a full-time university post in Toronto and moves her family to a farm in the Land Between. Her quoted account describes lighting the woodstove fire, tending cows, chickens, horses and a garden, so that a hot cup of tea takes an hour. Burkeman uses her as an example of choosing inconvenience to build a more meaningful life.
- Why it matters: The farm is the destination of the one worked example of a deliberate retreat from convenience culture; the place’s remoteness is the point. No exact farm location is given.