This beautifully written memoir by Ruth Lamb takes the reader through the trials and adventures of moving to an off-the-grid home in the back woods of Bolton, near Lake George. The stories are enhanced by chapter illustrations by Sally Strasser and full color photographs. 

Books have been donated by long-time friends of the LGLC, Ruth and Sandy Lamb, allowing 100% of proceeds from book sales to go towards our mission to protect the land that protects the lake.

Book Description:
This ten chapter memoir starts in 1990 when Ruth and Sandy Lamb undertook a retirement adventure that moved them from their lives as health professionals in the Boston area to the southern Adirondacks. Their plan was to live simply, in a valley deserted by people. At the heart of the story are the valley's creatures. How to settle in and observe them, without interfering unduly, became the challenge. Watching coyotes, wild turkeys, egg-laying turtles, migrating birds and butterflies and other wildlife immersed them in life's circular conundrum. Life becomes death and death becomes life.