In this Book
- Morning Light: Stories from Yamhill County
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Oregon State University Press
Barbara Drake articulates the lessons she’s learned from her long stint of country living in her new book, Morning Light. Replete with records of native wildflowers, an encounter with an elderly man who lived on her farm eighty years ago, and an old family recipe for wild blackberry pudding, Morning Light is an appreciation and exploration of the landscape of western Oregon, and readers will come to know it better through the book.
As entertaining and instructive as it is personal and reflective, Drake’s writing will resonate with anyone who has experienced a convergence of family history with natural history, considered their place in the historical continuum, or wondered if their lifestyle can be sustained with age.
In a world where even “the country” is becoming increasingly citified, Morning Light reminds us why we should care for our rural landscapes—while we still can.
Table of Contents
- The Visitor
- pp. 10-12
- The Water Question
- pp. 13-21
- The Dowsers
- pp. 22-30
- Living With Oak Trees
- pp. 39-50
- The Dog Diaries
- pp. 53-80
- Who Goes There?
- pp. 81-85
- Coyote Wars
- pp. 86-91
- A Tale of Two Roosters
- pp. 92-97
- The Old Sheep
- pp. 98-102
- The Downfall of Boss Rooster
- pp. 103-106
- The Proof Is in the Blackberry Pudding
- pp. 107-111
- Equinox Soup
- pp. 112-113
- Grandmother Trees
- pp. 120-121
- Nature and Nurture
- pp. 122-129
- Poison Oak
- pp. 130-138
- Country Business
- pp. 139-148
- At Home in the Universe
- pp. 154-158
- Cats That Stray and Cats That Stay
- pp. 159-165
- Everybody Talks About the Weather
- pp. 175-184
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 191-192