Measure of the Year

Availability:
Ebook in format. Available for immediate download after we receive your order

DRM:
Open - No Protection

Publication Year:
2011

ISBN-13: 9781926971667

<p>Roderick L. Haig-Brown welcomes us onto his lush farm for a year of insights and observations. In this eloquently written account, Haig-Brown, his wife Ann and their four children tour us through each season, and teach us the ways in which the Earth governs the events in our lives. Haig-Brown observes salmon, blue grouse, blacktail deer and robins, with a soft eye and gentle appreciation for their trials. He discerns how the weather interacts with the land, and how the land interacts with our attempts at civilization. Haig-Brown also discusses his work at a magistrate, and the challenges of marriage, amateur book collecting, the craft of the writer, and the meaning of community. A snap shot of rural BC in the 1950s, <i>Measure of the Year</i> is a country story, told by a man happy in his chosen way of life.</p>