This is an absolute gem of a book: Shepherd's Sight: a Farming Life, by Barbara McLean. It's a month by month description of life on a small sheep farm in Ontario, told by someone who has been doing it for fifty plus years. There are the joys and challenges, the successes and failures, all in beautiful, descriptive writing. One chapter had me looking up, and rereading, a poem by Robert Frost, another a song by Gordon Lightfoot. There are observations on aging which made me nod (the author and I are close to the same age). You'll read about lambing, and shearing, and how and what to feed at what time of year. There is also a thought provoking entry about what to do with the land next: leave it to the grand-kids? To the descendants of the indigenous peoples who once lived here and were forced off? To new emigrants who want land to work? Do not rush through this book, it's meant to be read slowly and savored!

Reading Hermit With Dog