Celebrated nature writer Ronald Blythe draws upon a half-century of life in the rolling countryside of the Stour Valley, in a sturdy yeoman's house. This lyrical book observes a year of a simple life whose days are marked by changes in agriculture, the church, and village life. Blythe meditates on faith, literature, art, history, and life in the English countryside. "My favourite read of the year . . . warm, funny and moving." -Sunday Times