Some people call it yard art, or outsider art, or folk art. Maria and I call it art. Sunday, she invited Ed Gulley, an artist and dairy farmer in White Creek, N.Y., to our October Open  House. He was showing us his workshop at Bejosh Farm.  He will join Maria and none other artists, and me, Red, Fate, Chloe, Lulu and Fanny and the barn cats in a celebration of our lives in October. The Open House Columbus Day Weekend will happen on Saturday and Sunday of the Columbus Day Weekend.

Friday, we will kick off the first Creativity Conference at  the Pompanuck Farm Institute outside of Cambridge, N.Y., that day-long event will be open to members of the Creative Group at Bedlam Farm, a few local high school students and my writing students. It will feature workshops on poetry, blogging, writing, fiber art, singing and photography. We are excited to have Ed Gulley join our Open House art celebration. He is the real deal.

We will also have singing, poetry readings and some talks.

I will be conducting some herding workshops with Red and Fate and visitors can meet the pony and donkeys. Plenty of restaurants and shops nearby in Cambridge. Details about the events and the artists here.