‘Earth's crammed with heaven, and every common bush afire with God.'  These words of Elizabeth Browning are illustrated in the sotries contained in this collection of country parables by the author of In the shadow of Aran and In the shelter of the fold, also published by Bryntirion Press.  It explores a world of rowan trees, dragonflies, swallows, carrion crows and the beautiful red kite and draws out spiritual truths from the common scenes and happenings of a Welsh hill farm, in a natural yet absorbing manner.

When Mari Jones's first collection of stories, In the shadow of Aran, was published in 1972, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones wrote a foreword introducing the author.  However, an introduction to this her second collection was hardly necessary when it was first published in 1979, since by then Mari, her husband John and Brynuchaf, their farm in Llanymawddwy in North Wales had won their way into the hearts of thousands of readers both in Wales itself and far, far beyond.