A Gift, In the Form of a Poem

Gordon Room,  Oft's Bed & Breakfast, Bennington, Nebraska

The fun of owning a B & B is meeting all the nice couples who come and stay.  We eat breakfast with our guests and its wonderful simply visiting.  Recently we had a couple from Lincoln who came to 'get away' and have a retreat.  We have comment diaries in our rooms for guests to leave messages.  This is what Linda and Ned left:

“Hush! 

There are poems in these walls; these halls.

Stitched in the trapunto bed coverings,

Tucked in the curved dresser drawers,

Winking in the matching mirrors

Just enough for me to be

Playing “store” again with Grandma Louise,

Fashions cut from the J.C. Penny catalogue,

Stitching quilt blocks together,

On the Singer treadle,

Just before we board the sleigh bed

Bound for yesteryear dreams.”

Linda and Ned

What a nice gift!