“ There's something about physical labour that helps to chase away any lingering internal demons. ”
… real life hardly ever unfolds the way we’d like it to, not like in a story.
~ Lily Graham
If you're going to make the past your present, be prepared for a lifetime of dust ...
We need stories in order to understand ourselves, for good or bad, to be inspired or horrified, it's how we cope with being human and how we decide what type of person we will become.
Living on the water took away the boundaries created by land and custom and introversion. Without fences and driveways, the water provided a constant thread of connection and dependency.
