Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Re-living Wilson Reading Room


I could have sat in this very chair. Hard-backed red-oak with a gentle grove on the seat, a slight rise to divide the leg space.

Certainly I looked out these very windows. The asbestos tiles, waxed annually to a protective shine. Red oak bookcases. Brass lamps. All familiar, unchanged.

Walking around Chapel Hill has fueled lots of memories. But these chairs, the long tables, the brass table lamps -- its brought back the experience.

This spot makes me eager to refresh goals, feeling again youth's potential.

Potential I know still lives.

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