The Studio Barn at Bedlam Farm is a sacred space for me. Maria and I became friends when I offered her the use of the barn, a former appliance repair shop built by Ralph Keyes, one of the many farmers who owned the farm. Maria, desperate to resume her art, accepted in exchange for helping me care for the animals at the farm on weekends and helping with the farm chores. We became close friends, she began working on her fiber art there, we both got divorced, we fell in love. Can’t imagine a building with more creative spirit in it or one that is more important to me. It is the ugliest barn on the farm, it is the most beautiful. I miss it every day.