I'm As I write this, I'm well aware that I should really be writing some of the 15,000 words I have due by 10th December. I am a chronic procrastinator, not a good trait for a writer, though, I understand, a very common one. I'm sure you've gathered by now that I generally like writing about city life. However, I recently finished James Rebanks's acclaimed bestseller The Shepherd's Life . I borrowed it from my favourite old farmer friend who described it as 'bleak' and 'depressing', yet I devoured the whole volume in a couple of days and thoroughly enjoyed the way it conveyed the history and purpose of farming in the Lake District and beyond. Its pages were filled with honest people who had no desire for fame, fortune or recognition (except maybe for their prize-winning tups), but who, instead, were part of a tradition and who would live on in a landscape and a flock, rather than in any grand or narcissitic legacy. So, I find myself mulling o...
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