We Keep a Light by Evelyn M. Richardson

This will be our next Read and Knit book, paired with the free Lighthouse Gansey Socks pattern by Knitty!  This pattern uses one skein of Durasport, or other sock weight yarn. From the publisher:  Evelyn Richardson Nimbus+ORM, May 1, 2005 - Biography & Autobiography - 169 pages, Softcover In this classic memoir of life in rural Nova Scotia, a woman recounts her family’s experiences running a lighthouse station on their own island. In We Keep A Light, Evelyn M. Richardson describes how she and her husband bought tiny Bon Portage Island and built a happy life there for themselves and their three children. On an isolated lighthouse station off the southern tip of Nova Scotia, the Richardsons shared the responsibilities and pleasures of island living, from carrying water and collecting firewood to making preserves and studying at home. The close-knit family didn’t mind their isolation. Instead, they found delight in the variety and beauty of island life. We Keep A Light is much