Heather runs the bead and socks store on Main Street called Over The Moon, on warm days she is almost always outside reading a book when the store isn’t busy. She looks forward to the Open House (next Saturday and Sunday, 11 – 4), she says she becomes a celebrity for a day or so.

I have written about the store, I buy socks for Maria there all the time, and she loves them. Heather, an animal lover, is great fun, she is getting a new shipment of socks Monday, she is ready. I get almost all of Maria’s socks there (Maria does not ever buy new clothes for herself). I did get a pair in Brattleboro, a pair of ghoul socks, but she is a great  supplier of socks. I hope she is swamped on Open House weekend, her shop is right next to Battenkill Books on Main Street.

The weather next weekend promises to be chilly and mostly dry (some chance of rain – 30 per cent – on Saturday). Pamela Rickenbach of Blue Star Equiculture will be here with two giant draft horses, I will be herding sheep with Fate and Red (you can see Fate’s progress), Deb Foster will be conducting donkey and pony visits (feel free to bring some carrots) and Tyler Lindenholl will be here, helping to control crowds. He has a girlfriend now, I hear. There will also be poetry readings – Mary Kellogg, Kate Rantilla, Doug Anderson, Tom Atkins – talks, lots of great art sold in Maria’s studio, she is already quite excited, some great art is already arriving.

Joshua Rockwood, our friend and farmer from Glenville, N.Y., is also threatening to visit.

Maria loves curating art shows, she will be moving stuff around until Saturday morning and beyond.