Shaping the Land, Naming the Hollows

It’s been a while since our last update — not because we’ve stopped building, but because we’ve been listening. To the land. To the rhythm of work. To the sound of what Oak Hollow is slowly becoming.

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been shaping not just cabins and paths, but identity. The property has naturally divided itself into three unique spaces — what we now call the Hollows.

  • East Hollow has become our long-term community — quiet lots where people will build or lease their own off-grid cabins and stay for months or years.
  • West Hollow will host short-term retreats — places to rest, reflect, and reset for a few days before stepping back into the world.
  • South Hollow, the newest addition, offers something even simpler: primitive camping. Just a fire ring, a tent clearing, and the hush of the forest.

Each Hollow holds its own kind of stillness, and together they form a living map of what we value most — simplicity, self-reliance, and time.

While we haven’t opened yet, there’s quiet progress everywhere: Cabin 1’s finishing touches, plans for The Hub’s interior layout, and trail work leading toward the future campsites in South Hollow. Every decision — from where to place a window to how far a trail should curve — is guided by the same question that started all of this:
What if life could be simpler again?

📷 (Include the new South Hollow dawn image here — full-width, centered.)


🧭 Why It Matters

Oak Hollow was never about building faster; it’s about building truer.
Each Hollow represents a different way of living slowly — from full-time off-grid homes to weekend retreats to nights under the stars.

We’re shaping more than land; we’re shaping a rhythm of life that feels human again.


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Author: Richard L. Fricks

Writer. Observer. Builder. I write from a life shaped by attention, simplicity, and living without a script—through reflective essays, long-form inquiry, and fiction rooted in ordinary lives. I live in rural Alabama, where writing, walking, and building small, intentional spaces are part of the same practice.

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