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 weekend, we had a great trip to Chicago for a baby shower with Mandy’s family and friends. I’m still working through the pictures we took, but here’s a nice one of Wendy and Shelly:
Dennis Benson, Piano Service, Web Design, and Photography Services. Dad just finished a fancy new website design. Nice!