Mid-October as the tide retreats

Ever shorter days bring a different edge to the bay. It’s not much peopled. Birds brace themselves against the stiff wind as we pick through what the tide has left us: a dog tag, a silver charm, a Ticonderoga number two pencil (that looks new). The fisherman’s lean-to is still here on First Encounter Beach. Better still, a Davy Jones portrait washed ashore all ready-made.