Itlooked like the whole island had now the same mysterious itch.12/22/2019I am freaking out, Diary. We all are. The mainland is gone. Not concealedby ...ist or the likes. Everything is gone. There is only the ocean. It isas if we had drifted out of the Penobscot Bay. Friends and neighborswalked around the island and we tried to see anything but water. MetinicIsland? Gone. As was Matinicus Isle. All we see is the ocean and itfreaks the hell out of me.12/23/2019We closed all the seaside blinds as. She hadn't put on her make-up yet and quite frankly she didn't need it. The girl was absolutely beautiful. I gave her a roll and a cup of coffee and went in to take my shower. When I came out she was on a cell phone talking to some one. She hung up when I came into the room and said:"That was Stella; the owner of the restaurant. I called her to let her know I wouldn't be in any more. She wasn't all that happy at my lack of notice, but she knew how unhappy I was and she wished me luck." You. ”“Well, next time we’re somewhere that’ll sell us one, I’ll buy one,” I said. “I didn’t pack one because they’re quite bulky. I agree it would be useful, though, if we’re going to get serious about cooking proper meals.”The rain was still bucketing down after we’d eaten, and, reluctantly, I picked up my phone to call the once familiar number.A woman’s voice answered; mellow, but obviously reciting her piece by rote. “Good afternoon. Icomsec Limited, How may I direct your call?”“Good afternoon.. Ah ... I don’t know,” Paul stuttered nervously, wrapping himself tighter in Frankie’s dirty blanket.I stopped to study my colleague and he did the same to me. Our eyes locked and then I saw it... For fuck’s sake! He’s got that same goddamned look of trauma I’d seen in others who’d had close calls on the trails. I hated that look for it made a man useless to the rest of us.“It’s okay if you want to avoid the river,” I offered reassuringly. “Nobody will hold it against you, but you still have to.