Sketches of people, creatures, growing things, and changing seasons on a Maine coastal farm.

Roy Barrette's ode-to-Maine classic A Countryman's Journal, originally published in 1981, examines country life and all its trappings--the sea, the seasons, and the natural world. From his saltwater farm on Naskeag Point in Brooklin, Barrette wrote of his own experiences with fierce winter storms, cows with big personalities, and neighbors who truly care.

"This book is a narrative of the quintessential small town of America - its human comedy and tragedy, its intimate partnership with the country side, its enduring yet ever changing ways, friends, neighbors, fellow villagers with their foibles and quirks." -- Grisha Dotzenko.

How many times have you found yourself in a church service or other inspirational setting where you wanted to take notes - found yourself having to jot your thoughts down on a scrap of paper? The Christian Notetaker's Journal was designed to help you document these life-changing messages and preserve them forever in a quality leather journal that you'll refer back to for years to come. Each exquisite eurobond leather journal includes: Your choice in color of burgundy or black leather More than 100 pages for sermon/speaker notes, with areas to record the speaker's name, date, place, topic, and reference text Scripture reference log Section to write down humorous stories, quotes, and illustrations. Area to capture notes on music, boods, and other resources Prayer list to help cultivate the habit of regular prayer for individals Scripture memory schedule wih a Bible verse for each week of the year "Through the Bible in a Year" reading schedule Cross-reference Scripture guide And much more

Over 200 skeches and photographs. Hidden in a drawer for over seventy years, Margaret Shaw's perfectly preserved sketchbook diaries from 1926 to 1928 record in watercolor and prose, the flora and fauna of an almost vanished world. In Shaw's charmed countryside, the eaves swarm with house martins, elm trees still grow tall and hedgerows are everywhere, full of "quarrelsome, noisy wrens."

For farm-to-table cooking and dining like you've never seen it, Vermont is the place. Small, independent farms are the lifeblood of Vermont’s agriculture, from the sweetcorn grower to the dairy goat farmer to the cheesemaker whose locally sourced goat milk chevre becomes the heart of a new dish by a chef in Montpelier. While this farm-to-table cycle may be a phenomenon just hitting its stride in the United States, it has long been away of life in Vermont, part of the ethos that Vermonters use to define themselves. As such, Vermont exemplifies a standard of small-scale, community-minded, unadulterated agriculture that has become a national model. When Tracey Medeiros wrote Dishing Up Vermont in 2008, she wanted to showcase the chefs and restaurateurs who were dazzling taste buds with their fresh, whole-food creations. With The Vermont Farm Table Cookbook, Medeiros has traversed the Green Mountain State once again, in search of not only those celebrated chefs but the hard-working farmers who provide them with their fresh and wholesome ingredients as well. Collecting their stories and some 125 of their delicious, rustic-yet-refined, Vermont inspired recipes, Medeiros presents an irresistible gastronomic portrait of this singular state. Classics like Vermont Cheddar Soup and exciting innovations like Ramp Dumplings or Raisin Hell Pie will send you racing to your local farmers’ market in search of the ingredients. And with dishes that shout “only in Vermont,”like Wood-Fired Blueberry Pizza or Beer-Battered Fiddleheads, no matter where you are you’ll want to transform your tried-and-true menus into fresh and flavorful Vermont farm table suppers. Tracey Medeiros is a freelance food writer, food stylist, and recipe developer and tester. She writes a weekly food column for the Essex Reporter and the Colchester Sun and writes the Edible Farm column for Edible Green Mountains Magazine. Medeiros is also the author of Dishing Up Vermont. She lives in Essex Junction, VT.