I love farming blogs. As you could probably tell from the list at the right. Ahem.
So I find this book, "The Dirty Life", quite by accident, and it's like reading an entire year of farming blogs. Do you think I can put it down? Nope.
This is all about Kristin Kimball's leap of faith (so to speak) from her pub-hopping, rent-fixed, take-out food city life to farming - real, permanent, dirt-andgoodnessknowswhatelse-under-your nails-forever type of farming with her honey Mark (who was a farmer, like, forever).
And since the first half of the farm deals with winter, and we're right in the middle of it in real life over here, this is the kind of book I can't wait to curl up with in my big red chair by the fire. Ah.
Yes, it's similar to "Rurally Screwed" by Jessie Knadler, but I guess I like these sorts of books. Kinda rings true, you know? Although I can't say that I was ever "corporate", I did live close to downtown in my 20's, worked in offices, wore something dressier than jeans to work, and was even, briefly, the educational director for a local business-women's group. That was all pre - kids,-knitting, -sewing, -farm animals, etc. That "other" life never really fit with me.
This one, happily, does.
Happy winter reading, folks!
And Happy 2013!
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