Phil Smith

The Reach Phil Smith

Smith spent six weeks at Dickenson's Reach in Down East Maine during the fall of 2019. The experience of living off-grid, with no running water and wood for heat, two miles from the nearest paved road was transformational. Created by Bill Coperthwaite, whose life and thinking about non-violent living that intentionally rejected capitalism and inequality, the homestead consists of a set of extraordinary yurts on 400 acres of wilderness, with 4.5 miles of ocean coast. Smith describes his connection with the animals, sky, water, soil, and trees that he lived among.