Dead east. South looks good. West is still all lit up. North ... umh ... what happened to north?Nice thing about an aluminum boat ... when the helmsma... stomps on deck the crew can hear it.Chief Petty Officer Pieter Olsen USCG, stuck his head out of the hatch ... that put him looking dead north."Holy Shit!" He stuck his head back inside and yelled, "Grace! Suits! Close hatches!" He came up out of the cabin and stood near me, "I have the wheel, David, get all the canvas off her you can!. My dad, seated, my mother, brother and I surrounding him and smiling perfectly. The fresh flowers that arrived every Wednesday were still fragrant. “Hello mom” “There you are!” She said.I walked over and gave her a hug.“Where’s daddy?” I asked.“Here I am.” “Hey daddy, Happy Birthday” I hugged him and kissed his cheek.“How is my baby-girl?”“I am good, work is busy, but I am good. How are you?” “Good, better now that you are here.”I nodded and sat down on the couch.“So, I saw the speech daddy….. There were two more cars than last night but no one was standing around trying to be not seen. All the windows were dark. No one was up yet.He showered, dressed, quickly wiped the room surfaces he might have touched, and then went out to the van. The highway went through a small town. He did not like small towns. They reminded him of the town he grew up in. When he was six his mother had dropped him off at her sister's house and he never saw her again; had no idea where she was now. His aunt. One of the advantages of gardening was the abundance of perishables that were shaped like cocks. My ass was no stranger to the occasional carrot, cucumber or zucchini. I looked up in time to see that she was taking another photo of me holding the package. I think maybe I shocked her when I put that package back and said, "too small". I picked the next larger size and said, "Can we get out of here now? I know enough that I can buy anything else I need from the Internet." Not quite yet," she.