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.
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/.
On Sunday, Niles will be 9 weeks old! It’s been so great to get to know him, and discover what it means to be a dad. Here’s a couple of photos from the first 9 weeks:
There’s more where this came from at Smugmug.
Niles Wallace Benson was born on December 28th at 2:17 am and we couldn’t be more glad. He was 7 lbs 10 oz, and was 20 3/4 inches long. Mandy has some pictures on her blog — here’s one of my favorites:
