2.09.2011

sail away on the block island ferry

"The boat is going to leave when it is going to leave, and when it does, the boat will get smaller and smaller; and one day it will be your turn, and then it shall be the island that gets smaller and that will be the summer you just had, getting smaller and smaller until one raw, overcast day someone says, “Block Island,” and there is the floppy drunk blowing his chance on the pier, or the gull wing-deep in styrofoam whacking the gut of the fly-blown skate, or even the beautiful girl under the awning, and the fat man in the Panama, the wide verandas, the mansard roofs and the moors above.”
—from “Short Voyages” by Stephen Jones. The Yard Manager of West Mystic Wooden Boat Company of Mystic, Connecticut, he’s also a three-decade member of the University of Connecticut’s English and Maritime Studies faculty at Avery Point in Groton.

I like this quote, and it goes awfully well with the picture, which I also like.
Note: my houses are just out of frame on the left.

7 comments:

  1. I think it's a little negative, to put it mildly.

    Maybe the author should be in a different line of work, where the transient nature of summer isn't quite so painfully evident.

    Like law enforcement.

    Have him call me, Rookie Blue Andrews.

    We're here to serve, 24/7.

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  2. Maybe they're looking for summer help on Island. I can introduce you to the cheif. We can sic you on the floppy drunk and the seagull incidents.

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  3. I'm so there.

    I think I've known the chief for years, actually.

    Remind me of his name.

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