Article: 050108 Trout Bums

YAKIMA -- One of my little rituals is getting the mail from the mailbox everyday; I like checking to see if anyone has sent me anything. It's kind of reassuring, like I'm still alive.

This week I received a beautifully designed brochure from Portland State University titled, "Alumni work to expand PSU Art Community." PSU is where I went to graduate school. I received my master's degree in 1978 and now, 30 years later, they finally caught up with me. I found it disturbing, especially the photos of people I actually knew 30 years ago. Why, I asked, are they still hanging around the hallowed halls of academia? And why are they reaching out to me, a lowly, lowly, old Trout Bum? When they were ...

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