"Crazy Larkin's" Birdhouse Paradise

I took a retreat via the backroads of Loogootee, Indiana this past weekend. I traveled for a mothering conference and wound up teary in “Crazy Larkin’s” birdhouse paradise.

When I called to see if they were receiving visitors, Bill’s daughter-in-law answered, “Yes, please, help yourself. I’m with him at the hospital. He’s got a little cancer treatment going on.” I hear someone talking in the background. “Dad wants you to know Alexa will turn the lights on for you,” pause, more background chatter, “and to certainly take a birdhouse home.”

Hospitality, y’all, from the radiation room.

Bill’s art might be “crazy,” but it’s grace seeping into the world.