false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255741829m/5975656.jpg 5975656 2 Acclaimed novelist Brad Kessler lived in New York City but longed for a life on the land where he could grow his own food. After years of searching for a home, he and his wife, photographer Dona Ann McAdams, found a mountain farmhouse on a dead-end road, with seventy-five acres of land. One day, when Dona returned home with fresh goat milk from a neighbor's farm, Kessler made a fresh chèvre, and their life changed forever. They decided to raise dairy goats and make cheese.<P><I>Goat Song</i> tells about what it's like to live intimately with animals who directly feed you. As Kessler begins to live the life of a herder -- learning how to care for and breed and birth goats -- he encounters the pastoral roots of so many aspects of Western culture. Kessler reflects on the history and literature of herding, and how our diet, our alphabet, our religions, poetry, and economy all grew out of a pastoralist milieu among hoofed animals.<P>Kessler and his wife adapt to a life governed by their goats and the rhythm of the seasons. And their goats give back in immeasurable ways, as Kessler proves to be a remarkable cheesemaker, with his first <I>tomme</i> of goat cheese winning lavish praise from America's premier cheese restaurants.<P>In the tradition of Thoreau's <I>Walden</i> and Annie Dillard's <I>Pilgrim at Tinker Creek</i>, <I>Goat Song</i> is both a spiritual quest and a compelling and beautiful chronicle of living by nature's rules. 6148894 23 6 2009 Goat Song: A Seasonal Life, A Short History of Herding, and the Art of Making Cheese total:93|5:37|4:33|3:22|2:1|1:0| 93 385 308 37 5 1 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 10:09:56 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 01:35:52 -0700 2009 Goat Song. From his invitation to follow where his goats lead, to his introspective and spiritual conclusion in which he reads an...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Jul 04 18:42:44 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 18:45:43 -0700 2009
Writer Brad Kessler and his photographer wife Dona had a successful Manhattan life, but longed for the country, for fresh air and the chance to grow their own food. At last they found the perfect place in Vermont, and decided to become dairy farmers--specifically goats. They ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 19:09:48 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 21:59:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 06:05:39 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 15:34:23 -0700 2009 Goat Song is about so much more than just goat farming. Sure, Kessler walks you through his proc...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 07:12:03 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 18:15:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 12 15:40:40 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 09:17:57 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 15:40:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 10:42:50 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 10:25:54 -0700 2009
This is the story of writer Brad Kessler's journey to goatherder and cheesemaker. His writing paints a sublime picture of the pastoral joys of ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 18:08:07 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 06:47:53 -0700 2009
The reflective nature of the book gives a great window on the full life of a small farm, from the good times throug...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 08:37:45 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 08:41:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 13 06:46:59 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 11:04:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 14:19:06 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 09:12:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 19:15:59 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 11:03:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 15:47:35 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 20:16:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 11:55:30 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 22:21:09 -0700 2009 I also learned more -- much more -- about the sex lives of goats than I wanted to know.
And I learned enough about the art of making cheese to decide that I'll never again complain about the price of chee...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 17:31:48 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 17:10:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 05:00:03 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 08:33:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 13:39:34 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 13:45:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 23:04:56 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 23:08:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 23 19:36:48 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 19:41:10 -0700 2009
It's a really great step by step of a Manhattan guy moving to the country and raising goats. It's written in this way that all serene and poetic- the lifestyle obviously fits him. And it doesn't a...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 16:25:47 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 06:40:00 -0700 2009
Finished it a few days ago:

This is a lovely and poetically written book about lanuage, the longing for meaning through nature, food and pastoralism. Packed with fascinating observations about life and learne...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5975656