24 May 2007. Thursday morning, cool air, sunshine. Portland soon...the north country once more. Sawmills and paper, woodsmoke on the Willamette. Burnside Bridge, open to the river below, metal towers against an Oregon sky. What's forty years? Last time Midgette was working on his room-scale portraits--students, friends, Sally, himself--an American Courbet, without the cap. Bonjour, Monsieur... Wide expanse of lawn, hard to recall now just how wide--birds early in the dawn, grackles, maybe...and once or twice a year, snow. The temperature could drop to zero, everyone holed up. Walks in the forest--hunting for mushrooms. Boletus edulus, aminita muscaria (the fly agaric)--in Poland, as well. Red cap with touches of white--a children's toy. Everything returns... states of mind, incantations...
Roll on, Columbia roll on...
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