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Shepherd's Sight

A Farming Life

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A restorative and resonant memoir of a year in the life of an aging shepherd

For fifty years, Barbara McLean has tended a flock of Border Leicester sheep on her small Ontario farm, Lambsquarters. In Shepherd's Sight she shares the crises, pleasures, and challenges of farm life over the course of a year. Now in her seventies, McLean faces a new problem: how much longer she can continue with the physically taxing work that is her central source of meaning and satisfaction.

Through her unsentimental gaze, we witness the highs and heartbreaks of delivering and rearing lambs, the shearing and spinning of wool, the wildlife in the woods (and occasionally in the house), and the garden produce moving from seed to harvest to table. Even after half a century on this land, McLean is still making fresh observations, and she shares them in evocative, elegant prose. As she moves through the calendar year, she also reflects on years past, offering a long view on climate, stewardship, and agriculture.

With its vivid description and absorbing storytelling, Shepherd's Sight offers an unforgettable glimpse of a life lived on the land.

©2024 Barbara McLean (P)2024 Tantor Maison et habitation Professionnels et universitaires Vie durable respect de l'environnement Sincère
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I decided to listen to this book because I’m just getting into tending sheep, and I had a long trip to northern BC to pick up my first flock of Scottish Blackface sheep. I wanted something inspiring that could also teach me lessons only someone with years of experience could share. This book completely fit the bill. It was so informative that I felt like I’d taken a university course on keeping sheep, and at the same time I was thoroughly entertained from start to finish.

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