The last Pig Barn Art Gallery Show (in this farm), “Anointing The Goddess” is almost up, courtesy of Maria and Diane Swanson, an artist, friend and the former gallery director of LARAC, the Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Center in Glens Falls. The two have been holed up in the Pig Barn since 8:30 a.m. and it is hot in there. The weather for the weekend is great – cool and dry. I was dazzled seeing the great art going up from six gifted artists, all relating to “Goddess” themes. Painting, 3-D Collage, Photo Collage, fiberworks, photography, notecards and pencil sketches.

The prices are affordable, and there are lots of smaller things to buy – potholders, notecards, sketches.

The show will be held from 11 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Bedlam Farm. Food and rest facilities will be available at nearby Gardenworks. No dogs please. I hope to do several herding demos with Red, aswe are moving along much faster than I thought. The show is very exciting, an intensely creative vision pulled together by Maria, who loves curating and seems so comfortable with it.

Connie Brooks of Battenkill Books will be here from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to sell copies of my books, which I will sign. Mary Muncil, who married us and has been my very beloved spiritual counselor, will also be here, and Mary Kellogg will read some new poems. Red, Lenore and Frieda will be around, and Simon, Lulu and Fanny as well.

It is a farewell, but an odd one. We haven’t sold the farm yet, and haven’t closed on the new one yet. But I have no doubt it will all come together. Feels very right. I am not gloomy about leaving this beautiful place, I am excited to move forward to the next thing. We love our new home and are counting the days until we get in there. We love this one, too, how lucky. I see this as a celebration of Bedlam Farm. A lot of life has happened to me here.

Details for the show are on Maria’s website.