Things are heating up in Bedlam ahead of Sunday’s Open House, the second in our new home. Motels around Cambridge are booked and I’ve run into Open House people at the Round House and at Battenkill Books, where they have been popping in all day. I found a favorite crew from Ohio and they are coming over for some private time with Simon and Red this afternoon. Jeff Anderson and Jay have been here to check out the site of the Open Group At Bedlam Farm table, where will be showing some of the great work from that group on a laptop. I’m going to do some mowing this afternoon, Maria is crazed tearing about her Studio for the art display.

We are raffling off a signed galley of “Second Chance Dog”  Sunday and then online Monday and Tuesday (details to follow). I’m selling four photographs which Maria is hanging in her studio. She has some beautiful scarves and potholders and pillows done for the show. I’ll be giving a talk or two on our new life here, perhaps reading a bit fro the new galley, also doing herding demos with Red and also a demonstration of his therapy dog training.

We are pleased to share our good fortune in finding this wonderful place to live, opening up our creative lives to the people who make them possible. I call it Bedlam Farm 2.0, it fits us well right now, we are happy Bedlam Farm is going to occupied by some nice renters. The Twitchell family – the new residents of  Bedlam Farm –   will be the Open House Sunday in between football and soccer games. Mary Kellogg will be reading from her books poetry and also some new poems. A full four hours, we are getting excited. Got some mowing and about 1,000 small chores to do. The donkeys will be very happy, they love Open Houses, I suspect Flo may be out to get her belly scratched.

Kim Macmillian will be making scarves to order in Maria’s studio, showing how they are assembled, her husband Jack will be helping out with traffic and crowd control.

Please, no dogs and don’t let your kids chase the chickens. Thanks. More details on Maria’s website.