out came the sun
and dried up all the rain
and the itsy bitsy spider
removed his
fenders
again
letting it all hang out
That scrubby scrappy pine tree and others like it always remind me of the Evergreen State College logo. Not the stale clean cut newer version, but the OG crusty hippie 1967 logo:
Evergreen is an unusual place. In the 80s I had a chance to spend a few days on campus when my mom was attending a conference there. Then I almost transferred there as a homesick aimless clueless college freshman. I stuck it out in Iowa, but I know a few people that graduated from Evergreen as well as Carrie Brownstein, Lynda Barry and Matt Groening.
The school motto is Omnia Extares
Which translates to “let it all hang out” perfect for a school whose mascot is the geoduck. For some reason that logo stuck with me like an old favorite coffee cup.
Trees like this are often seen in harsh windblown ocean side environments. But this tree lives a cush life on Wilson Ave South where I stopped at Chuck's to work a little RAGBRAI into my Tuesday.
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