This book "celebrates the seasonal rhythms at the western end of Ireland's Dingle Peninsula. It is about the ordinary small pleasures that easily go unnoticed, and offers recipes and information on organic food production and gardening. It presents the year from a place where a vibrant twenty-first century lifestyle is still marked by Ireland's Celtic past and the ancient rhythms of Samhain (winter), Imbolc (spring), Bealtaine (summer), and Lughnasa (autumn). In this way of life, health and happiness are rooted in awareness of nature and the environment, and nourishment comes from music, friendship, and storytelling."--Page 4 of cover.