Life on an island

[corvi]

Wednesday was the first day in months that I did not see the Pacific Ocean. It was not the sort of thing I would have expected to notice, but I did.

These are the people I see every weekday, as they take the same ferry to the big island to work as I do:

• paramedic in uniform
• the farrier's truck
• hippie couple who spend the whole crossing sitting across from each other with their palms pressed together and their eyes closed
• truck from the farm store
• car with "relax, you're not on the mainland" bumper sticker
• woman who's read a dozen books about sourcing and supply in the coffee industry; I had no idea there were any books about this, much less enough that she gets through one a week and has been doing so for months. I'm looking forward to seeing what she does next... she has to run out of coffee logistics books eventually, right?
• very large, still grey dog who never makes a sound and only moves if you aren't looking
• the sailors of the MV Skeena Queen, of course
• grouchy heron who fishes from the seawall next to the ferry dock

I've never spoken to any of them, but if I take a different ferry, I kind of miss them. 

Haven't seen orcas in a while, but Thursday there were some porpoises! I recommend the WhaleReport app if you have a life such that you are likely to see cetaceans regularly. The scientists send sincerely gleeful emails in response to any sightings you report, which is wonderful.

I'm pretty happy here.