The Constorium of Greater Minds

Henry Watts made his exodus from the Midwest during the end of summer of his eighteenth year and arrived in Portland with two suitcases and a very constricted view of the world, but he was determined not to fall prey to the small town curse and he made every effort to rid himself of the smell of the farm and the humble life that accompanied it. School kicked off in late September just as cool winds blowing in from the Cascades began to carry away any memory of summer and Henry started the year at Lewis and Clark nervous with a raw naivety born of a childhood confined by narrow horizons.
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