tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23619317.post95362486102568066..comments2024-03-08T01:37:39.323-05:00Comments on Getting Stitched on the Farm: Kristin's Winter ReadsKristin Nicholashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09038900681076035087noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23619317.post-64837551991822632102012-03-06T18:15:01.600-05:002012-03-06T18:15:01.600-05:00I read both HBF and Sheepish. I liked them, but wa...I read both HBF and Sheepish. I liked them, but wasn't Gaa-gaa over them. I do remember a scene-I think it was in HBF- about chasing 40 or so lambs through the pasture, wrestling them to the ground and dosing them with Corid (to treat coccidia), being covered in runny poop and Catherine was thinking..."we have to do this for FIVE DAYS in a row"!!!<br />I could totally relate to that and was laughing out loud....been there, done that :-)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18087070645740489255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23619317.post-29752083731356744332012-03-06T15:59:37.405-05:002012-03-06T15:59:37.405-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Robin Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16373722202559066388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23619317.post-32203359529889022732012-03-06T14:15:44.372-05:002012-03-06T14:15:44.372-05:00Thank you for recommending my book, Kristin. I'...Thank you for recommending my book, Kristin. I've very glad you enjoyed it. Happy almost spring.josh kilmer-purcellhttp://beekman1802.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23619317.post-90428907551185855452012-03-06T10:08:46.160-05:002012-03-06T10:08:46.160-05:00Hi Kristin,
I am so happy that you enjoyed Josh Ki...Hi Kristin,<br />I am so happy that you enjoyed Josh Kilmer-Purcell's The Bucolic Plague!<br />I hesitate to recommend books as you never know what will click with another reader, but I really enjoyed that one.<br />Cheers,<br />kitKit Mitchellhttp://kitmitchell.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23619317.post-46773383274565502402012-03-06T09:39:57.841-05:002012-03-06T09:39:57.841-05:00I have read "Hit by a Farm" and enjoyed ...I have read "Hit by a Farm" and enjoyed it too. The author lives 10-15 minutes from me. I drive by her farm on Hwy 52 2-5 times a week. <br /><br />KathyKathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03162103555033334836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23619317.post-28350788842718608512012-03-06T08:57:08.361-05:002012-03-06T08:57:08.361-05:00Good morning, Kristin! Thanks for the reading lis...Good morning, Kristin! Thanks for the reading list. I've made a note of Hit By A Farm and The Bucolic Plague. I need some good, new books to read. Here's a recommendation that has almost nothing to do with farming and knitting, although there are sweaters knitted in the book: The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, by G. B. Edwards (Gerard Basil Edwards). Ebenezer Le Page is a Guernsey fisherman in the first half of the 20th century, and he writes this memoir in his quiet evenings. Perhaps his life as a fisherman is a lot like yours as a farmer: there is little romance, although the hard work has its own rewards, and he finds, and conveys to us, a deep sense of peace from learning to work with the moods of the Channel. The "real" story is actually a life-long love story and a mystery of parenthood. It subtly (sp, Meg!), winds throughout the entire narrative. Ebenezer and the others on the island survive the Nazi occupation (did everyone know that the Nazis took the Channel Islands during WWII?). His account of the starvation and brutality is intense, but the islands are liberated, or more accurately abandoned by the Nazis, and life finds its way back to normal. I do recommend it, it's quite engrossing. Edwards was hugely gifted,but he destroyed his other manuscripts before his death. We are lucky to have this one. If your only opportunity to read is in bed, the short, diary-like entries are easy to manage.<br /><br />On the lighter side, and with NOTHING to do with farming, I recommend the P. G. Wodehouse Jeeves stories. Completely charming, full of eccentric characters. <br /><br />When it gets to be around shearing time, Kristin, I'd be curious to know what happens with the fleeces. Do you sell the wool to the wool pool, or does the shearer take it away as part of his or her pay? It's good for us knitters and spinners to have an idea of what your hard work earns you, and how our farmers have to be careful to use all their products to keep the farm going. <br /><br />Keep up the good work, and pats to the flock.<br /><br />Oh, did anyone get to the Winter Market on Saturday? The driving was hideous!Meg Cnoreply@blogger.com