The Art of Farming: Sketches of a Life in the Country

Retired from teaching, artist Sam Bartlett farms his thirty acres while his popular paintings of vast prairies at sunsets sell well. He plans to sell the organic herbs and produce he harvests with his motley staff of local after-school teens. Begrudgingly raised on a farm, he once swore that he'd never go back, but time and age break promises.

Despite Sam's idyllic life, there's one foe he's forced to tangle with every day, and this formidable antagonist has four legs. Sol, a miniature don...