The keep: living with the tame and the wild on a mountainside farm

"When a mid-life couple finds an old farm that promises refuge from hectic lives and encroaching illness, their world opens up to unexpected adventures: breeding heritage goats, hogs, and cattle; managing a half-dozen large guardian dogs; dealing with barn fires, rapacious logging, and the death of treasured animals. The farm and the surrounding forest lead also to surprising moments of beauty-from sublime sunsets to powerful connections with animals to an outpouring of help from neighbors. Written separately by wife and husband with distinctly separate voices, the book's essays illustrate different perspectives of life on a farm dedicated to compassionate treatment of livestock and deep appreciation of nature's complexities. Priscilla embraces the intensity of loving animals; Henry explores the mysteries of living in a beautiful place. And, in telling their tales, the authors provide a glimpse into their own marriage-as complicated, improbable, and enduring as life itself"-- Provided by publisher.