This perhaps is why the incorrect baseline of a dense forest, a habitat inhospitable for most wildlife, has become the ‘wilderness’ to which we are supposed to return.
“Later mum had a fridge magnet that said 'Dull women have immaculate homes”
― The Shepherd's Life: A People's History of the Lake District
― The Shepherd's Life: A People's History of the Lake District
“I'm not just a grandson, I am the one that carries on his life's work, I am the thread that goes on to the future. He lives in me. His voice. His values. His stories. His farm. These things are carried forwards.”
― The Shepherd's Life: A People's History of the Lake District
― The Shepherd's Life: A People's History of the Lake District
“She didn't really understand our world [and] lived with the unquestioning belief that these things were foolishness and fancies, the rubbish of now. So she taught us good rules that no longer made sense.”
― The Shepherd's Life: A People's History of the Lake District
― The Shepherd's Life: A People's History of the Lake District
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