A happy day at Bedlam Farm, Ken Norman, our farrier and friend, has returned to work. He had both knees replaced in December, and was in rehab and recovery for three months. He is as competent and grumpy as ever, we are very happy to see him back at work. So were Lulu and Fanny.

He is walking well, he trimmed a horse a couple of days ago, and is easing back into full-time work.

Ken went through quite an ordeal, he was in great pain and then his wife Eli broke her wrist a month ago. They held it together, thanks in part to a gofundme campaign that raised more than$40,000. Thank all of you for your support in that. Ken is a good friend, a good and courageous and generous man. Yesterday, he went to Pownal, Vt. and took custody of two ponies police found living in a camper, knee deep in their own waste. They are at Ken’s farm, learning how to be ponies again.

I call Ken “Grunt And Grumble,” because that’ s how he communicates. He has a big heart and a very sharp mind.

He will make a great old man, he makes a pretty good younger won.  His recovery and healing is a testament to the generosity and loving nature of human beings, in part, I think, because he and Eli and Nikilene live a life with animals, and animals are all about love and healing. He is another powerful example of why people and animals belong together.

Tomorrow, Ken, Paul Moshimer of Blue-Star Equiculture and I are going to Vermont to see a blind horse, who is headed for Massachusetts and a life at Blue-Star.

We might be asking for some help for Sarge. I’m taking my camera, I’ll keep you posted. A new chapter for me. Thanks for helping Ken get back on his feet, I watched in great pain for years. Ken has known me ever since I came to the first Bedlam Farm, if I were ever important enough to write a book about, he could tell the tale.