maps of the Willamete River over time -- Contents -- Introduction -- The First Sighting -- Blinking Island (The Meaning of Change) -- Shards of Beauty in a Fragmented Landscape -- The Many Truths a River Tells -- Dread -- Memory -- Story Mapping -- The Grief and the Gladness -- Trees, Weeds, and Rivers: The Work of Restoration -- The Daily Braid -- Meander Scars -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements.