Robert Kimber has led a largely rural life as a farmer, writer, and
woodsman. The essays gathered in this wide-ranging collection reflect a
lifetime of adventures and misadventures. Kimber writes of canoeing and
fishing, stubborn sheep and old tractors, and the joys of roaming the
woods with his dog. Seasoned with a dash of wit and self-irony, this
paean to the upcountry life is as fresh and bracing as it is
affectionate.