Rain, Sleet & Snow
 WM Bentley is from
southeastern Kentucky, but he has lived in Brown County, Indiana
for several years, just up the road from Bean Blossom. Some folks
think the WM stands for William, but WM will tell you it just
stands for WM. Balding, with a patch of gray chin whiskers, WM
is thin, a little over 6 feet, with a middle-age belly. He looks
at home at Bean Blossom, which he is, because he works there,
living in his camper and seldom getting more that two hours of
sleep at night during the festivals. One morning I was sitting
at my campfire and it looked like it was going to rain that day.
When Bentley walked up, I asked him if he had heard a weather
forecast. "Rain, sleet & snow," he said, "lacks
12 inches of bein' a foot of snow at Louisville, and movin' this
away." A typical Bentley answer - you have to listen closely
because WM's total lack of teeth makes him somewhat hard to understand
and you might miss some of his homespun wit.
Jim Peva
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