... in "summer of 42" herman raucher's dorothy leaves a note for hermie, in part saying "life is made of many comings and goings, and for everything we take with us, we must leave something behind" ... as i stood looking down into the stairwell of the boston museum of art, observing the ascending and descending visitors, i wondered what it was those who were departing had left behind, and would it be discovered by those who were just arriving ...