I feel the cold really badly in my hands. I'm just not doing my job if I go back to the house and drink coffee all day. The winters here are sort of six months long. And that dampness is depressing. If you live here, you're very ready for spring. We are those people that are out with our shirts off on the first Sunday, the May,. because we're sort of sun worshippers Because we have such a great miserable climate most of the time. But there's no way you don't feel lucky on a day like this. I've got beautiful views. There's no traffic. I'm one of the luckiest people on the planet on a
James Rebanks's family has raised sheep in the same small English village for at least four centuries. There are records of people with his same last name going back a few hundred more. Even his sheep are rooted in place: their DNA is from Viking times. It's enough to make anyone feel insignificant--and according to Rebanks, that's a wonderful thing. Listen as the author of The Shepherd's Life speaks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the deep pleasures and humbling privilege of being a sheep farmer.