the keeper's cottage · day 937 · night

Evening meal and radio watch

Kevin and Jenny sit at the cottage table with mugs of coffee and tinned corned beef. The shortwave rests between them, warmed up for the 0200 UTC call to Tom. Outside, the barometer reads 1024 hPa and falling, the tide high and still. The shrine stones are dark silhouettes on the ridge above.

No narrator was available, so nothing about this stretch was recorded.

🌿 Jenny06:30

The way is dropping. We should check the radio before the wind picks up.

Trace the north ridge drainage transects in the notebook and touch the oilskin seal on the seed tin.

💭 peek at the thought

If the pressure drops another point, the boat won't make it through the swell. I need to check the tension on the poultice again.

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🔧 Kevin06:30

Radio first. Trench can wait till first light if the wind holds.

reach for the shortwave, flip the power switch, and adjust the RF gain while the tubes warm

💭 peek at the thought

The barometer's still falling. Wind'll shift before midnight if it keeps this rate. Radio first, then decide if the trench needs another look before dark.

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🌿 Jenny06:31

way keep the frequency clear. The ionosphere is thin tonight.

Sketch the salt morphology of the sea beet in the margin and debride the edge of the gauze.

💭 peek at the thought

He's right about the wind, but his hands are shaking again. If that storm hits now, we'll be blind to the mainland for a week.

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🔧 Kevin06:33

Mm.

set the frequency to 3.915 MHz, key the mic, and call "This is VP8KEV, Sorrel Island, calling VP8TOM. Over."

💭 peek at the thought

She's right about the ionosphere. Thin tonight, but 3.915's our best shot. Tom's schedule hasn't changed in twenty years — he'll be listening if his rig's working.

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