Oh, what tangled webs we weave. The farm is hit by an impeachment followed by a virus that shakes it to its core. During all this, the Squad of cute little rabbits and their fearless leader, Imperitia, have been successful in pulling their party, the Donkeys, to the extreme far left. Fancy the Bat has capitulated to the calls and demands for impeachment as Operation Take Down Pete continues. Her lead attack dog, Shifty the Weasel, leads the charge as Nads the Walrus is regulated to second fiddle. There are a host of new characters to include such as Wiltberg, a potbellied pig; Dyani, a beautiful albino doe; a meerkat named Elena; a young possum named Alfred; Hitch, a turtle; Bookie, a black lion; Cackles, a hyena; and Myanna, a beautiful mink. Also joining the farm are two Ukrana twin bears, Beefy and Atticus. Have front-row seats to the Donkey debate known as the Huss, Fuss, and Cuss in Sin City. Be part of the audience for a host of new events in the pen of Justice the Bull. Observe two earth-shattering events on the farm: impeachment and virus. Whom will the Donkeys pick as their nominee? Will it be a newcomer or someone from the establishment? Will Shrill the parrot parachute in at the last minute to save the day? Is the Farm headed for revolution? Join along and enjoy this sequel to Rainbow Farm and find the answers to these questions.

Visit www.burningrainbowfarm.com On a mission to build a peaceful, pot-friendly Shangri-La, Tom Crosslin and his lover Rollie Rohm founded Rainbow Farm, a well-appointed campground and concert venue tucked away in rural Southwest Michigan. The farm quickly became the center of marijuana and environmental activism in Michigan, drawing thousands of blue-collar libertarians and hippie liberals, evangelicals and militiamen to its annual hemp festivals. People came from all over the country to support Tom and Rollie's libertarian brand of patriotism: They loved America but didn't like the War on Drugs. As Rainbow Farm launched a popular statewide ballot initiative to change marijuana laws, local authorities, who had scarcely tolerated Rainbow Farm in the past, began an all-out campaign to shut the place down. Finally, in May 2001, Tom and Rollie were arrested for growing marijuana. Rollie's 11-year-old son, who grew up on Rainbow Farm, was placed in foster care - Tom would never see him again. Faced with mandatory jail terms and the loss of the farm, Tom and Rollie never showed up for their August court date. Instead, the state's two best-known pot advocates burned Rainbow Farm to the ground in protest. County officials called the FBI, and within five days Tom and Rollie were dead. Obscured by the attacks of September 11, their stories will be told here for the first time.

Kurt & Mari Kollman emigrate from Switzerland to the United States and following a vacation trip to Montana, they decide to build the first dude ranch in western New York State, a new business concept for the Northeast. The story develops as they find their dreams are not what they thought they would be.

Playbook.

The greatest wave of communal living in American history crested in the tumultuous 1960s era including the early 1970s. To the fascination and amusement of more decorous citizens, hundreds of thousands of mostly young dreamers set out to build a new culture apart from the established society. Widely believed by the larger public to be sinks of drug-ridden sexual immorality, the communes both intrigued and repelled the American people. The intentional communities of the 1960s era were far more diverse than the stereotype of the hippie commune would suggest. A great many of them were religious in basis, stressing spiritual seeking and disciplined lifestyles. Others were founded on secular visions of a better society. Hundreds of them became so stable that they survive today. This book surveys the broad sweep of this great social yearning from the first portents of a new type of communitarianism in the early 1960s through the waning of the movement in the mid-1970s. Based on more than five hundred interviews conducted for the 60s Communes Project, among other sources, it preserves a colorful and vigorous episode in American history. The book includes an extensive directory of active and non-active communes, complete with dates of origin and dissolution.