Peace at Heart: An Oregon Country Life

Many dream of leaving the city for a new life in the country. Few follow that dream. In the late 1980's, Barbara Drake and her husband sold their home in Portland and moved to a farm in western Oregon's Yamhill Valley. Home was now a modest white house, an old red barn, and a small vineyard. In Peace at Heart, Barbara Drake reflects on ten years of country living.

Weather, seasons, plants, and especially animals figure prominently in these stories. The constant company of animals--domestic ...