THURSDAY, JUNE 13

THURSDAY, JUNE 13:

     For the first time since we’ve been here, it was overcast this morning.  Cooler than it’s been, as well.  It was a good morning to just stay inside, read, and relax as we waited for the library to open at 1:00 so that we could use their internet connection.  The library here is only open for a couple of hours in the morning 3 days a week (9-12), then re-opens every day at 1:00 til 5:00.  Then closes again til 7:00.  And not open at all on Sundays (but neither is anything else in town.)  The schedule seems to be worked around the lunch and dinner hours.  Sounds like Mayberry.  And actually, the librarian said to us that Mayberry is exactly what Wrangell is like.  From what we’ve observed & experienced, we’d say she’s right!  

     Didn’t get everything done that we felt we needed to (which required the Internet) during the afternoon, when the battery on the laptop went out.   So we left, ate an early dinner at home, and read til the library opened back up.  Then finished up there.  We’ll probably go back one more time before we leave here, as I didn’t get to most of my e-mail’s, just the blog and some banking.

     The clouds broke up some later in the day, but not as clear as it’s been, and definitely cooler all day.   Hope it warms back up some – would like to do take the kayaks out again. 
 

     Finished reading The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout (author of Olive Kitteridge).  Exquisite writing, with themes of the irresistible and irrevocable draw of family ties, of how multi-faceted every human is, and  how much we can really ever know another person’s soul -  even those closest to us.