An important time for me, I am on a journey, day after day.

This morning, I leave for New York city to see my daughter get married on Saturday.

Next week, on the 21st of April, I’ll go to Glenville to go stand with Joshua Rockwood as he fights for his farm and faces a court hearing on 13 counts of animal cruelty and neglect at the Glenville, N.Y., Town Court.

On Saturday the 25th of April, I will be speaking and signing books at the Westhampton, Mass., Public Library.

On May 2, Maria and I are going to Iowa for three days to speak at libraries and bookstores in Des Moines and Iowa City and Cedar Rapids. The Saving Simon book tour hits the heartland.

This is an exciting  time for me, on many levels, in many ways. It is also a time of challenge and change, lots to write about, lots to think about when I return.

My life is taking on new meaning, depth, the creative spark is alive inside of me, burning and burning. I am looking forward every day, the Road Runner on the Red Road, awakening to the world about me, and the challenges of being a human being. To find my purpose and to live it. To see that the world is at a crossroads, and I can either stay asleep or feel what is going on around me, and grasp the urgency of loving and respecting the people and animals of the earth.

It is wonderful, this sense of awakening. So many people who love animals struggle to see beyond rescuing them, but it is so important to listen to them, to continue and deepen their work with us. A good time to be a writer, a good time to be growing older, a good time to be seeing the world anew.