Tuesday Maria held an artist lunch on the porch at Bedlam Farm. She assembled the artists whose work will be shown and sold at the “Anointing The Goddess” show, the last Pig Barn Art Gallery Show to be held at Bedlam Farm on June 23-24, ll to 4 p.m. (details on her website.) Before her art shows, Maria always invites the artists over to talk about their work and meet one another, and it was fascinating to hear each of them talk about their work.

Technically, I’m one of the artists – my photos, all featuring Bedlam Farm’s animal and floral goddesses, will be sold at the show, along with my books and notecards, but I see myself as a writer not as an artist and feel I do work that is quite different than these very gifted women. I did get to cook lunch – wheat fusilli pasta with pine nuts and pesto, roast vegetables: cauliflower, broccolli, sliced sweet potatoes, asparagus, red pepper, garlic sprinkled with feta cheese and baked for 45 mins.) Maria took videos of the artists and is putting them up on  her website today. Clockwise, Kim Gifford (3D photo collage, amazing work); Diane Swanson, paintings; Joyce Zimmerman, 3 D collages,  Donna Wyndbrant, pen and ink paintings, and George Forss (visiting to take some panaroma shots).

We have not yet sold Bedlam Farm, but we have bought a new home and are closing on it in late July.
“Are you afraid?,” someone asked me yesterday. No, I asked. “Are you crazy?,” asked another, selling a house in this market. Perhaps, I said.

Maria was in her element Tuesday. She is a natural curator. The show is very different, very exciting. Red may be here, and some sheep too, but I’m not sure. Simon, Lulu and Fanny will be around, and Lenore and Frieda too. Frieda will walk around with me, but will not be cuddling with you, so don’t even think about it. Be great fun.