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Sy's journalism professor wrote his eulogy, and read it at his memorial today. It was beautiful. Silas Bennett Folks like me in the professor biz have a term for guys like Silas The caps. Those clusters of young men in our classrooms who not only wear their team loyalties, but also project their sense of self in that wearing. Some wear their caps pulled down, hiding behind them. Some wear them backwards, projecting a wanna-be tough guy image. But Silas River Bennett always wore h… Continue

My dear, sweet, witty, sarcastic brother died on May 27, 2008. I am heartbroken, but relieved that he is no longer in pain. I massaged his hands while my mother sang to him, and he was surrounded by complete and utter love at the time of his death. Today I awoke at 5:30 am to wash his body, wrap him in a saffron-colored silk shroud, take his death portraits, and have him cremated. We used a small family-direct crematorium in Guilford, VT, located on a small family farm in the woods, overlooking… Continue