Goatsong book review

If I can't have a farm of my own yet, at least I can live vicariously through others who do. Lately my favorite kind of books to read are the memoirs of farmers who are stumbling through learning how to do what they do. Most have never farmed before and are transplants from some other career found to be unfulfilling. Such is the case of the author of Goatsong. Brad Kessler and his wife move to Vermont and begin their adventure in raising goats. Brad poetically catalogs his days of milking, breeding, cheesemaking, protecting his small herd, and connecting to Mother Earth. He even takes a pilgrimage to France to learn from the cheesemakers of the Pyrenees mountains firsthand. I admit, I am jealous. Thanks Brad, for allowing me to learn from your experiences and to imagine in full color what it will be like to someday do what you do.