When I had two steers and a beef cow, I learned that animals do have lives, and they do care about one another. I see cows showing affection to one another all the time, from licks on the nose to licking flies off each other.

I’ve finished Vol. 2 of The Bedlam Farm Diary, and it will go up tomorrow on the blog, Facebook and YouTube. I think my next diary will be on the dogs – a bit on each dog. This one is in the Rouse Farm, Big Valley Farm and I think it caught some of the many challenges and hard work of life on a family farm.

This week I am continuing video instruction. I am also working on promoting my first kid’s book, “Meet The Dogs Of Bedlam Farm” which is coming out in just a few weeks. I am meeting with an art group in Glens Falls to talk about moving my story-telling workshop idea there. Thinking of focusing it on aspiring writers, maybe five or six. We will work together to produce stories and try and publish them. Maria is working on her first show in the Pig Barn here on June 4-5. Details on her website. She sold her “Reading” quilt in about two seconds.

I’m also resuming work on my book on Frieda: “Frieda and Me: Second Chances.” Sara Friedman of Social Momentum is coming later in the week to work with me on Facebook and Twitter and other social media. And I am getting an Imovie l

I am getting a lot of messages asking for more video and a lot asking me not to change the blog at all. I like the video format, but also want to be restrained about it. I’m not giving up still photography and good video is not simple to do. But I want it to be a permanent new element on the site. So I’ll do two or three a week, looks like.