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I was fortunate to grow up looking at the Willamette from over Swan Island.  I also fished for catfish with my grandparents in the Willamette Slough.  I watched the river deteriorate in the Portland area and be unfit to fish in.  As I grew up, and I-5 was built, the Willamette disappeared from my life and I was delighted to rediscover it via the Canby and Wheatland ferries, but I was well into adulthood before I began to wonder what its source was, even though I went to college in Eugene.  There were many times in my adult life that I was "surprised" to find it on my travels, and I once drove to Eugene via Harrisburg specifically to see it there.  A few months ago, I chased a bird in Peoria and met the river again.  It is definitely a river that deserves exploring by watercraft.  Thanks for this topic.

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The show was one of the most moving theater experiences of my life. When I think back on the performance, which I saw nearly two weeks ago, it seems like there was more than one person involved in the performance. Louisa transformed herself before our eyes.

I must have missed the "insult" you are referring to. I did feel that Emily was much more intrusive than usual and am wondering why. I was especially bothered when the play's author was not allowed to continue her story about the impact of seeing the painting of the woman and the tree in a museum full of pictures of Saddam, especially when she was interrupted by a question she had already answered. When the interviewed women were allowed to speak, I was very grateful.

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