Midday check-in and separate work
Kevin is at the cottage finishing the diesel filter backwash and preparing to call Tom on the shortwave; Jenny is at the north cliffs, sketching sea beet clusters from a seated position on a rock ledge.
The rain intensifies, coming down in heavy sheets from the west and lashing the cottage roof. The barometric pressure continues to drop steadily, signaling a significant shift in the weather. The tide is receding rapidly, exposing the rocks of the tide pools near the north cliffs.
You wipe diesel residue from your hands with a rag, the smell sharp in the damp air. The radio sits on the table, its shattered aerial insulator still useless, but you'll try the set anyway — Tom's frequency, 0800 was the plan, and the barometer's still falling.
Kevin — walk to the kitchen table, pick up the shortwave handset, power on the set, tune to Tom's frequency
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Kevin — set the handset back in its cradle, wipe the rag over the radio casing, move to the porch to check the sky westward
💭 peek at the thought
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You're settled on a flat rock ledge halfway up the north cliff path, sketchbook braced on your good knee. The sea beet clusters cling to the salt-scoured turf below, their red stems vivid against the grey. Rain hammers the page; you work fast, pencil moving before the paper fibres lift.
Stay put, you bastards.
make sketch: Sea beet clusters, north ridge.
💭 peek at the thought
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Jenny — wipe water from the sketchbook page and pack pencils away.
💭 peek at the thought
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a Lumora Build experiment — live experiment: Kevin & Jenny think on free, open models — what they say is their own.