Farm Notes: I’ll be posting today and tomorrow, then the blog will be down from Friday through Monday morning.  Next year we are determined to spend Christmas at the farm, with the animals. More on the Christmas Plot later. Heading to Brooklyn. No computer, my main camera is in the shop, needs a cleaning. I have a back-up, but it is big, clunky, and I don’t want to bring it. So I will not have a camera either. Good for me, I think.

Books: People are still calling and e-mailing the Battenkill Bookstore for signed copies of “Going Home,” “Rose In A Storm,” and other books of mine and other people, especially Jenna Woginrich’s red-hot “Barnheart.” We are way passed the 1,000 mark and many places are temporarily out of “Rose In A Storm,” a book many people are buying in honor of Rosie. They are exhausted at Battenkill, but Connie says orders are welcome: 518 677-2515 or e-mail her at [email protected]. Connie and Marilyn and their small but very competent staff are amazing. They have processed more hardcover books this week than many a chain store.

Blog: The new Bedlamfarm.com site is nearly finished, and I love it very much. The people at Mannix have done a brilliant job. One new feature is the “Blogs I Love” page which will feature standing links to blogs that speak to creativity, individuality and the civil advancement of ideas. Should be up right after New Year’s, if not sooner.

Christmas Plot. I have still kept Maria at bay over the Christmas gift. I’ve shown her some blog posts and told her I’m shutting down for the holidays. Tomorrow, I’ll share what I got her. She is busy, thinking of Christmas, selling lots of pillows and potholders, so I might pull it off.

Oops. She just read the blog about the Christmas Plot.

Here are some brays from Simon. Have a video of the Bedlam Farm Barn Fairy to put up.