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So as I have been saying its just me and the big dogs and a cat up here on top of the Green mountain above Grafton. It should make for a truly interesting Super Bowl Party– “So what did you think of that last great catch by Fitzgerald Boo and Ben (the dogs’ names)?” Response:…

Growing up my favorite magazine, other than sports was The Saturday Evening Post, for one reason. The amazing paintings and drawing of a true New England original— Norman Rockell (1911-78). For decades Rockwell drew the covers for this magazine, and often they were bought just for the covers. Above you will see five of his…

Two recent books have begun to cause a lot of stir in the guild of Biblical studies, one as an attempt to suggest a change in direction in seminary curriculum, the other more of an apologia for the nature and importance of historical criticism as a means of getting at the meaning of the Bible.…

The thing about love, if it is the genuine article and not some pale imitation of it, is that when one is in love one becomes profoundly humbled by the whole experience. One’s defects, which previously one had ignored or overlooked oir only sporadically attended to, now become glaringly obvious. Now the lover desperately wants…

There is snow, and then there is serious snow. I’m talkin’ blizzard here (and not the kind available at Dairy Queen). Thank God for 4 wheel drive trucks is all I can say or else I would never have gotten home over the mountain from Townsend where I went to the dentist this morning. When…

THE PRIORY The icicles hung on the eaves outsideBut the adams were gone on retreatThe caretaker said ‘only God is insideAnd there’s nothing here you can eat’. The chapel was silent, oppressively stillThe cross hung above the enclosureHard benches on the nave’s narrow sidesAnd next to them more than one crozier. Not a voice in…

SERENITY(at the Revolutionary War Cemetery) The calm after the storm,The clarity after reflectionThe acceptance of unchangeable thingsLike winter followed by spring. Peace, in the face of warSatisfaction, without moreThe acceptance of frustrating thingsHard hearts, heads, truths. Of this demanding demeanorFrancis did reassure Irresistible, immovable stonesAre best left alone. But wisdom to know the differenceBetween terminal…

O.K. so what do you do when its below 0 and you have cabin fever? Well, you get in the truck and head to other warm buildings where there is food and company. I did this twice in the last two days seeking out both terrestial and celestial food and company. What you see above…

Yep that’s an alpaca, as in alpaca sweater. There’s an alpaca farmer here in Grafton, and Lord knows you need sweaters around here. I guess for the alpaca there isn’t much difference between being in the mountains of Chile, or being here, where it is equally chilly, if you get my drift. The alpaca farm…

(Revolutionary War graveyard in Grafton Vt.) I have just been informed by my friend from Turkey, Mel Chiftchi, that I was named businessman of the year, with numerous awards to follow. Here is the link you must check out— http://www.themessagegroup.com.au/last-nights-news.php?title=20090118-BEN-WITHERINGTON_create.html http://www.themessagegroup.com.au/last-nights-news.php?title=20090118-BEN-WITHERINGTON_create.html I should have seen this coming since I was once named businessman of the…
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