Recto: Photo of a group of young women working in a green house while an older man in a suit watches on. Verso: Two handwritten captions, the first reading, "Biology class 1912" and the other reading, "Biology class, college green house, 1912?"
"The 'Journal' in the image refers to Raphael Salmon's Journal, which appears in HOWARD ELMAN'S FAREWELL. There are also a number of allusions to the Darby Chronicles in the design of the table top. I suppose it was vain of me to make my initials, E.H., so prominent. I loved drawing the iPhone with the cracked glass. I drew this image in Procreate on my new iPad Pro. I think the iPad Pro is going to be my go-to device and Procreate my app of choice. I love black and white drawings. My goal is get away from realism, but not entirely."
"Birch Latour is the character I identify with the most closely in the Darby Chronicles. I see him as a young improved version of myself. I've always wanted to have an office made up entirely of local woods in my part of the world and built by local craftsman. Impractical for me, but Birch, who has more $ than I do, can build it for me. The walls are white pine, slightly rough cut with a secret finish. That little sculpture on the wall is traced from a photo I took of a sculpture I made from box elder. The shadow on the wall is me."
