I posted my first blog entry Memorial Day, 2007. I was planning on seeing Pirates Of The Caribbean with my then-wife and my then-friends. I was living in a fantasy world that was soon to implode, and my life was about to change. My blog helped saved my life, and helped reinvent it. I see my blog as a living memoir, the record of a writer’s life, and I think it will long outlast me. Hope so. This is the last post on this version of bedlamfarm.com. The talented people at Mannix Marketing say they will need an hour or so to get the new version of the blog up and running. I love it, it is a wonderful and creative expression of my life now.

The main page will be the Farm Journal, and some enlarged photos. You will be able to access the Facebook conversation and the videos on YouTube right from the Journal Page. I’ve added a page called “Blogs I Love” that I hope helped connect creative blogs that support the life of the individual to one another.  The heart of the new blog is the Farm Journal and the photos. There a place for my photos, and a separate channel for my book tours, events and news about my books and writing life. The site is elegant, clean and powerful, thanks to Chris Archibee, Toby Dawes and Brendan LaRock. Thanks much. A tip of the keyboard to the ghost of Steve Jobs who reminded me to keep it simple and focused. I think we did that. You will see the new site shortly, and my next post will be on it, a powerful way to bring in the New Year.

The blog, as always, is a reflection of my life, and also of the powerful and enduring community that has grown around it. I thank you and welcome you and will work hard to be open and honest and creative and thoughtful. And to do my job and bring light and color to you.

Blogs are still not taken very seriously by the straight and other media, but they are becoming very important in our culture. Thomas Jefferson would have loved them. In a way, they were his idea. Thanks to you, too, Tom. See you soon on the new bedlamfarm.com