Is He the Next Martha Stewart? âNot So Fast,â Says Martha. With a new book about a year at his stylish upstate farm, the ceramist Christopher Spitzmiller tries on the mantle of the lifestyle pundit. Christopher Spitzmiller, ceramist and author, surveys the vista at his Clove Hill Farm in the Hudson River Valley under the watchful eyes of his Sebastopol geeseCredit...Karsten Moran for The New York Times May 13, 2021, 3:00 a.m. ET Joan Rivers was honking her head off. Pat Altschul was pecking at grubs. Carolyne Roehm sat in a brooding shed, downy feathers fluffed about her, hatching an egg. Any time a visitor strayed near this small flock of Sebastopol geese, Bill Blass, the resident gander, stuck his neck out and hissed.