Since April, when Ed was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, Carol and Ed have received many hundreds if not thousands, of letters, from all over the United States and the world. Their blog, the Bejosh Farm Journal, he been visited more than 220,000 times says Carol.

Today, Carol was sorting through the recent batch of mail, she reads every letter and answers as many as she can. She reads every one, they give her great comfort.

I sat with Ed today while Carol went out to get her hair cut.

He is declining rapidly now, losing weigh and control of  his mind and body. He seems to be slipping into the first stages of a coma.

I was exhausted by the visit today, I’m afraid for one of the first times in memory, I’m just too tired to write. Maria suggests this is perhaps emotional, and she might be right. It is hard on the family to see Ed like this, It’s hard on me.

I’ll write about the visit in the morning, after I’ve had some sleep and a chance to absorb my own emotions, and the ones I felt around me. If I set her any longer, I’ll fall asleep and I don’t want to write that way. Until tomorrow.

If you wish to write Ed or Carol a letter I should say Ed is no longer able to read or comprehend most of what is being said to him. If you wish to write Carol a letter, her address is 10 Chestnut Hill Road, Eagle Bridge, N.Y., 12057. She loves getting letters, they comfort and inspire and distract her. She reads every one.