Yellow Notebook

a surprise gift

In the midst of the terrible news both in the world, and newly in my own family, none of which I feel I can take in, a yellow notebook arrived.

After Michael Burkard died last December, Mary Ruefle found it among his poems and drawings and notebooks, and after almost 9 months found an email address for me, and wrote, asking for my address.

Mary also found a blue Dream Notebook of drawings I had made for Michael nearly 25 years ago and mailed it to me.

The 24-year-old yellow notebook Michael made for me arrived a few days ago, lifting me up. Here it is, in case it might lift you up too.