Question for the keeper
I wonder how many keepers kept written logs like that when the job was more common. Maybe you can find earlier versions of you from a century or two ago. Initially, I was inspired to start keeping a ...
Blanket of snow
This is what the lighthouse looks like after a snowstorm. Last night, I measured 9 inches of snow outside the front door. The snow started yesterday morning. Yesterday afternoon, sitting by the coalst ...
More steps
In answer to a question, I recently posted that the lighthouse has a total of "thirty-nine steps" (which is also an Alfred Hitchcock movie). However, an observant reader pointed out that I failed to ...
Two loons, one eagle
Two diving birds swam together in the creek. I observed them through a scope to get a closer look. Upperparts were gray overall with white underparts. Their bills were pale gray, and the feathers on t ...
Question for the keeper: how many stairs?
How many stairs to the top of the tower? No doubt this counts as a Frequently Asked Question. It's uncanny that the question has been asked by fiction-writers on two separate occasions. Each author h ...
Question for the keeper: bubbles and sand-ice
This morning, I stepped outside after breakfast to admire the day. Last night, the full moon shone brightly and a cold wind blew fiercely. At dawn, a thin fringe of ice was left on the beach by the re ...
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