Dead of Night
“Tuesday Wind NW 18 knots.
Sunset 17:38.
Manatee w/calves under dock. Wood smoke strong, curing fish at marina.
Orders received: 30 Chordates—sea horses, file fish; live barnacle clusters; 24 horseshoe crabs; 24 brittle stars & anemones mix.
Low tide—0.9 @ noon.
Run, collect, windsurf late. Collect copepods. Mix w/Dracunculus.
—MDF Early the next morning, I called Dewey. She was sleepy but civil. Sounded more like her old acerbic self.
“You keep forgetting the time difference, bonehead,” she yaw...ned. “When it’s this damn cold, the roosters wait until they smell coffee before they crow. And it’s gonna be another hour before I start coffee.”
She had an appointment with her obstetrician that afternoon, she told me. So she was going to make the best of it while in town, and have some fun. “We’re going shopping.”
I nearly asked who her shopping partner was but decided not to risk this new civility.
For half an hour or so, I messed with my telescope, then walked to the marina, where I chatted with Mack as he loaded racks of fish into the smoker.MoreLess
Sunset 17:38.
Manatee w/calves under dock. Wood smoke strong, curing fish at marina.
Orders received: 30 Chordates—sea horses, file fish; live barnacle clusters; 24 horseshoe crabs; 24 brittle stars & anemones mix.
Low tide—0.9 @ noon.
Run, collect, windsurf late. Collect copepods. Mix w/Dracunculus.
—MDF Early the next morning, I called Dewey. She was sleepy but civil. Sounded more like her old acerbic self.
“You keep forgetting the time difference, bonehead,” she yaw...ned. “When it’s this damn cold, the roosters wait until they smell coffee before they crow. And it’s gonna be another hour before I start coffee.”
She had an appointment with her obstetrician that afternoon, she told me. So she was going to make the best of it while in town, and have some fun. “We’re going shopping.”
I nearly asked who her shopping partner was but decided not to risk this new civility.
For half an hour or so, I messed with my telescope, then walked to the marina, where I chatted with Mack as he loaded racks of fish into the smoker.MoreLess
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