It’s like the tropics this summer, hot in the morning, raining in the afternoon. Driving the farmers nuts, and the mowers too. I meet tomorrow with the Web designers to talk about going onto Facebook – a quick process – and also setting up “Bedlam Farm for Kids.” I’m going to put up a photo or two just about every day, and also stories from the lives of the farm animals every day. We’ll see what happens. I talked with several writers this week about using the Net to get their stories out. Some are doing it, lots resist the idea.
  I think Facebook will be a major move for the Farm Journal. I won’t be able to go on every day, or all that frequently, but I will allow messages to be posted and read them when I can.
 I think the trick is to use new technology, but not become a prisoner of it. Seven more chapters to go on the novel. I brought a dozen of my photos to the Image Loft in Manchester, Vt., this afternoon and we looked at some on a big Apple screen. I was excited. I’m going to take some to Saratoga on July 11, where Maria and I will be exhibiting our stuff together in Congress Park. And to Poultney on August 8. I’m starting to mull my offerings for the Washington County Fair, which opens right in the middle of my book tour.