Persons attempting to find a "text" in this [story] will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a "subtext" in it will be banished; persons attempting to explain, interpret, explicate, analyze, deconstruct, or otherwise "understand" it will be exiled to a desert island in the company only of other explainers.
BY ORDER OF THE AUTHOR - Wendell Berry's introduction to Jayber Crow.
This article was posted to Jayber on 8 June 2009 by Mark Benson to the following categories: .
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NWB just turned 5 months. What a big boy. Here are some recent photos:
Playing with Grandpa Dennis:

Helping Rake Leaves:

Having Fun with Brandi:

Focusing Intently:

There's more photos of the last few months at http://bensons.smugmug.com/.