The Keep

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(105 105 105 1)>When a mid-life couple finds an old farm that promises refuge from hectic lives and encroaching illness their world opens up to unexpected adventures: breeding heritage goats hogs and cattle; managing a half-dozen large guardian dogs; dealing with barn fires rapacious logging and the death of treasured animals. The farm and the surrounding forest also lead to surprising moments of beauty-from sublime sunsets and powerful connections with animals to an outpouring of help from neighbors.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(105 105 105 1)>Written separately by wife and husband with distinctly separate voices the book's essays illustrate different perspectives of life on a farm dedicated to the compassionate treatment of livestock and a deep appreciation of nature's complexities. Priscilla embraces the intensity of loving animals; Henry explores the mysteries of living in a beautiful place. And in telling their tales the authors provide a glimpse into their own marriage-as complicated improbable and enduring as life itself. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(105 105 105 1)>The Keep</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(105 105 105 1)>-the term for the strongest or central tower of a castle acting as a final refuge-is a love letter to an unexpected place and adopted lifestyle.</span></p><p></p>