Crazytown

As my granddaughter

(now 18)

began her article

in a local paper recently:

"It's official: we are living in Crazytown."

So swiftly did our normal routines change

that this new world

feels

upside down.

Crazytown.

We are hunkered down

wearing and making masks

washing our hands

checking in on others.

We are cleaning closets

and drawers and files--

our attempt to create order

in this disordered world.

But what treasures 

I have found 

in this cleaning and sorting:

saved letters from students and teachers

most poignant

many humorous

most sincere

in their love of a book

and its characters

and 

(as one student said)

"the round comfort feel of it."

And I've unearthed

saved photos and drawings:

generous gifts

of spirit.

Crazytown, yes,

but there are some

beautiful things

in

Crazytown.

Beaming you all

safety, health

and 

bountiful

luverino.

xx

Your author

(More pics to come. . .)