Laura Bennett
Laura Bennett
Recent Stories
Holy Ground
One Christmas eve, the pager attached to Dick Beattie’s hip erupted: pediatric intensive care unit. Beattie arrived within minutes and scanned the ward for his patient. It was a newborn, so small and brittle and blue, swathed in a tangle of tubes and encased in glass. Beattie baptized the infant quickly — sprinkled holy water, murmured a line of prayer.
My Yale - The Gatekeeper's House
At the Grove Street Cemetery, final resting place of historical figures such as Eli Whitney and Noah Webster, the grass must be cut, and the graves must be tended. Only one man has done this for the last 32 years.