December 16, 2008 – Cold, storm coming in tonight, 4-8 inches. We are ready and I feel for the poor people still without power all through New England. I’m happy to say that “Out of the Shadows,” my Bedlam Farm Book about my wrestling match with depression, anxiety and other emotional disturbances last year went to press today. The publication date is early January, and the book, which contains text and photos by me, can be pre-ordered, and then ordered through the Troy Bookmakers in Troy, N.Y., the publishers of Bedlam Farm Books, including Mary Kellogg’s wonderful volume of poetry, “My Place On Earth.”
  This is an important book for me. That was one of the toughest and most surprising trips I’ve ever taken, and I became a photographer and an artist then, and wrote two books, “Izzy & Lenore,” and “Soul Of A Dog,” out next year. I went into therapy, wandered along through a big chunk of upstate New York for months at night with Izzy and a camera.
 I plunged into hospice worked, worked hard at therapy, learned who my friends were and weren’t, learned a bit about myself and boy, was I surprised.
   My life changed. I am better, changing, grateful for the experience, determined to share it. Many people have written me about this book and asked me about it on the book tour, and I am excited about it. Yesterday, Maria Heinrich, my friend and the editor of Bedlam Farm Books and I went to Troy to see it, and it looked great. Made a few last minute changes and sent it off. This is truly a work of my blood and heart and I hope it is both helpful and useful.