we had lunch at gosman's . .
and then saw aunt kathy off on the viking superstar . .
of course chanda and i had to get a swim in . .
by day the blue will pale down into white where it touches the white of the land, after sunset it has a new circumference-orange, melting upwards into tenderest purple. but the core of blue persists, and so it is by night. then the stars hang like lamps from the immense vault. the distance between the vault and them is as nothing to the distance behind them, and that farther distance, though beyond colour, last freed itself from blue. -e.m. forster (a passage to india)

j had a ferry to catch at 6:30. after running home from the rain and having a bite to eat . . he didn't have much time to get there. chanda and i drove his backpack over and met him at the dock. he ran onto the boat at exactly 6:30 pm!
he called me later to say that adam had picked him up in new london and they had stopped at harry's in colchester for a milkshake. i'm glad it worked out. i wasn't feeling like a very responsible aunt to have him almost miss his ride home!