And now, Jimmy, the great maestro, rests, too

A new loss that brings with it such delicious memories — Maestro James DePreist,  Jimmy to every Oregonian, is now forever still. A long time ago, Jimmy  gave me a little ceramic pot with a picture of an ice fisherman at work.  “This is what you do for me,” he explained in the kindest way.   But there wasn’t any ice when I was pitching national media about a great conductor who let nothing dwarf his ascension.  Nobody ever sent me more effusive thank you notes for doing what was so very possible.  I remember the carrot soup that he made for lovely Ginette and me and the...