Eachyearwechainanewoneup andtossitouttherelikealobster trap, out into the ocean that splashesupagainstthedoorways from Munjoy Hill to Longfellow Square.
OnceonedisappearedinmidÂŹ afternoon,chainandall,sulking likeateenager.TheothertwodisÂŹ appeared at night, beneath the flashingyellowlightsslungacross streetstoeasethesoulsofnightÂŹ
Anyway,Idecidedtoleaveit bare for a while and watch its remainsturnwhiteasaskeleton.
A week passed. I had other things to do (although Steve RobertsatthePressHeraldonce askedmewhatIdotheother29 days).
Thenaboltfelloff,disappeared, and came on again. Like magic, liketheendlesslyrefillingboxesof icecream,gold,andcandyinthe childrenâsstory"CrowTalk,"the benchhasbegunfixingitself.
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PORTLAND Monthly Magazine is published 10 times annually by Colin and Nancy Sargent. 578 Congress Street. Portland, with newsstand cover dates of Winterguide. Feb. March. April. May. Summerguide. July/Aug . September, October. November, and December ImagesofPortlandâCommercialStreet,1902âbyRonGoyette
lastingnorthoutofPortÂŹ landcanyieldaplethora ofout-of-the-wayplaces, back roads and sideÂŹ tracks, and glistening gemsoffthebeatenpath.We MainersoftenstorethisknowlÂŹ edgegreedily,butnowthatthe vacationershavevacatedVacaÂŹ tionland,Iamwillingtoimpart someofmyfavorites:
FishchowderattheDolphin Marina in Harpswell, served withcoffeeandahotblueberry muffin. A dandy junket on a stormyfallafternoon.A16oz. plasticcupoflousybeeronthe ricketydeckatMackerelCove, BaileyIslandatsunset,while thefisherfolkunloadtheirhaul oflobstersandseaurchins.Al frescodiningatFiveIslands (justbeyondReidStatePark) or at Shaw Brothers in New Harbor.Thesevistaswillfloor even the most jaded Mainer. Some are seasonal and none areeasilyfound,butIcanât makeittooeasy.
MyfavoritenewfindisHanÂŹ cock,justeastofEastport.You canbecoddledattheCrocker House Inn or at La Domaine; thefoodistopdraweratboth. Thereâsapicturesquepreor postprandialstrollaroundthe point where you can see the secondsmallestpostofficein theU.S.andthegreenoctagoÂŹ nallibrary,builtbythesonof thecreatorofJohnsonâsAnoÂŹ dyneLiniment,whichwaswildÂŹ lypopularuntilthenastyold FDA came along and removed theopium,turpentine,ether, and most of the alcohol.
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herearealotofpeopleinand around Portland who have beenexcitedbytheprospect of your winning 20 games. Whathasitmeanttoyou,getÂŹ tingsoclose? made abigdifferÂŹ ence:IthinkanyÂŹ timeyouscoretheruns theyhaveformeyouâregoingtowin alotofgamesandthatâswhatâsbeen
BillySwift: Yes,obviouslyyourconÂŹ fidenceisupwhenyouârepitching wellandtheteamâsdoinggood.We have a good chance to win every gamewhenwegooutthere.FortuÂŹ natelyformeIâvebeenpitchinggood andweâvebeengettinggoodhitting whenIâmpitching.Andthewinsare goingtocome.
Doyourealizeitâsbeen88 yearssinceanativeMainer won 20 games?
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Do you get kidded about being a Mainer?Imean,therearenâtmany Mainersinthemajorleagues.
Yeah,quiteabit.TheyâllaskquesÂŹ tionslikeâWheredoyouplaybaseÂŹ ball up there in the snow?â They thinkitâsallsnow.Theydonâtrealize wehaveasummerandafall.
DoyoumissplayinginFenwayPark? Youusedtoplaythereduringyour dayswithSeattle(Billypitchedforthe Seattle Mariners in the American Leaguefrom1985through1991;heâs beenwiththeSanFranciscoGiantsin theNationalLeaguesince).
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IN THE BEGINNING there were typewriters, and they were good. And there were adding machines,andthese,too,were good. And countless young women were able to earn very low wagesbytypingandadding.
ChrisDuval,writingadcopyona quaint,unassumingMacintoshPlus intheExchangeStreetofficesof McCabe & Duval Advertising, remembersthedaysofthetypewritÂŹ ers and adding machines, and the women who earned the low wages. âFiveorsixyearsagowewouldwrite everythingonyellowpadsandwait forasecretarytotypeit.WeâdcomÂŹ plainabouthowslowthatwas.
sideredanofficeapplianceonapar withphotocopiers,orthetypewritÂŹ erstheywerereplacing.Executives werewiseenoughtokeepawayfrom them,andlow-wageofficeworkers knewtheyâdbetter learn how to use them. But soon it became apparent that computers were more than typewriters with video screens. WiththerightsoftÂŹ ware,theycouldbe usedforplanning, whichisanexecuÂŹ tiveâsactivity.So soon there were
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Censusdataappeartobearthis out.In1980,thenumberofpeople workinghereinclericalandother administrativesupportjobstotaled 5,852.TenyearslatÂŹ er, they totaled 5,895âjust43workÂŹ ersmore.Butinthe same decade, the number of sales peopleincreasedby 36 percent, the number of profesÂŹ sionals rose by more than 37 perÂŹ cent,andthenumÂŹ ber of executives andadministrators twonewclassesofpeople:thecomÂŹ puter-literate,andthecomputer-illitÂŹ erate ... technophobes and technocrats.Andthesetentativenew classesdidnotobservesocioecoÂŹ nomicboundaries.
Buttimeschanged.TraditionaldisÂŹ tinctions soon reasserted themÂŹ selves. There are few if any technophobes around today, but
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therearelotsandlotsoftechnoarisÂŹ tocrats.Andtherearelotsandlotsof workers who might best be termed technopeasants.
shotupbyanastounding70percent. Obviously, Portland has more white-collarexecutivesandprofesÂŹ sionalsâwhoaresomehowfunction-
Some Employed PortlandResidents
creased?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ingwithnocorrespondingincrease inthecityâsnumbersofclericaland othersupportworkers.Howdothey manage? And why havenât the numÂŹ bersofclericalofficeworkersinÂŹ movethingsaround.ItâsahugedifÂŹ ference.Mycomputerison100perÂŹ centofthetimeandIâmconstantly workingwithit.Iâvegotbillingon there,estimates,jobtracking,allmy correspondenceâwhich I do myself ratherthanhandtoasecretary.HavÂŹ ingacomputerislikemovingaroadÂŹ blockfromyouroffice.Thereâsno questionthatithasmadeusmore efficientandcutouroverhead.We haveapersonatthefrontdesk,but sheâscertainlynotasecretary.She's busy managing jobs, bookkeeping, dealingwithclients,insteadoftyping pilesofpaperallday.InasmallbusiÂŹ nesslikeours,computersfreeeveryÂŹ bodytodomore.â
When computers first began appearingondesks,theywerecon-
Techno-aristocratsarethepeople whousecomputersforthinkingand planningandcreating.TechnopeasÂŹ antsarethepeoplewhoinputdata. They work in banks and insurance companies,andinotherpartsofthe country, the computers they work withcounttheirkeystrokesandmonÂŹ itortheirefficiency.Thesearethe peoplewhousedtousetypewriters and adding machines. But today, there are fewer of them, because computershavemadesomeoftheir workunnecessary,likethepilesof paperoncetypedbythesecretary who once worked in Chris Duvalâs
totheearningsincrease.Thatwas, after all, the booming â80s, the decadeofexpansionwhendevelopÂŹ ersallwavedmagicwandsandthe streetswerelinedwithBMWs.
ndbytheendofthemagic decade,theMaineLegislature hadenactedastatuterequirÂŹ ing employers to teach employees how to operate computerswhileavoidingthemodÂŹ ernnewmaladyofârepetitivemotion injury.âHundredsofpeoplewhoâd neverheardofcarpaltunnelsynÂŹ dromewerebeingtreatedforit.At first,theywentontoworkerscomp from factory assembly lines. And now,theybegangoingontoworkers comp from their computer keyÂŹ boardsinsidebigofficebuildings. Maineâsexpertonrepetitivemotion injuries,alsoknownascumulative traumadisordersormuscular-skeleÂŹ talinjuries,isJonathanLepoffatthe Maine Department of Labor. The problemisincreasingrapidlyallover thecountry,hesays.SomeemployÂŹ ers,eveninMaine,aremakingseriÂŹ ouseffortstoeraseit.âUnumhas
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spent a fair amount of money on ergonomickindsofthings,âLepoff says.âSohasBlueCross/BlueShield ofMaine.âBothofthesecompanies areinthehealthinsurancebusiness.
RepetitivemotioninjuriesnevÂŹ er seemed to happen in the typewriterera,Lepoffsays, becauseâpeopleweretyping andthentheyweregettingup andfilingthings,orerasingthings, doingallsortsofotherofficejobs, andtheywereoperatingmoreslowÂŹ ly. Now, the exposure is greater because you hit a button on your keyboardandthefilegetssent.You donâtgetupfromyourdeskandgo putitintoafilecabinet.Peoplearenât doingasmanyotherkindsofthings.
âSecondly, the fact that these injuriesarecompensablehaskindof legitimizedthem:Itâsokaynowto haveone,youârenotmalingeringif you do have one. And people have wised up about the existence of theseinjuries.Inthepast,withpeoÂŹ pleworkinginshoefactories,for instance,victimswouldthinkitwas justaging.
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âAnd as the work force became moreknowledgeable,andlesswilling tosuffer,andtheseinjuriesbecame compensable,thismeantaninjured workeractuallyhadachoiceother thanstarvingtodeathorworkingin excruciating, crippling pain. It becamealegitimatekindofinjuryto have,onethatpeoplehadheardof.â Interestinglyinatimeofuncertain jobsecurityandparalleldeclinesin employeeloyalty,Lepoffnotesthat âThereâsonlyonethingthatâspredicÂŹ tiveofworkerscompensationclaims beingfiled:workermorale.â
Lepoffpointsoutthatkeyboarding injuriesarenâtlimitedtotechno-peasÂŹ ants.âEveninmycase,âhesays, âafter a long time my mouse hand feelsalittleunpleasant.ThefirstfinÂŹ gerofmyrighthandhasbeensortof stiff.SoIdumpedmymouseandgot atrackball.â(ThatâslikeanupsideÂŹ down computer mouse; you rotate theballtomovethecursoronthe screen.)AndatthePortlandPress Herald,areporterresignedrecently aftercarpaltunnelsyndromeinboth wristsforcedherontoextendedsick leave.
AlthoughcomputershaveeliminatÂŹ edsomejobs,Lepoffbelievesthat âOverall,computershaveincreased the total number of jobs. What theyâvealsodone,Ithink,isthat theyâvecertainlyledtosocialisolaÂŹ tionforthetechno-peasants.Theyâre stuckthere,doingonekindofthing alldaylong.Therepetitivenessof thesejobshasincreased,butitâsnot thecomputerpersethatâscausing therepetitiveness,âalthoughâthe machine has shaped the nature of thework.â
There are no techno-peasants at McCabeDuvalAdvertising.Thefiveyear-oldagencyhasDuval,Connie McCabe, the woman who manages theoffice,andagoldenretriever. âHere,âDuvalsays,âeachpersoncan operateindependently.Anyonetask youcantakefromstarttofinish.â
âWeâredoingalotofstufflatelyvia modem,alotofworkforcompanies inMassachusetts.ItâssomucheasiÂŹ ertojustmodemthecopytothem.If they have any changes, they just modemitback.Itâssosimple.Youâre notdealingwithpiecesofpaperany more.
âAnd we use CompuServe databasÂŹ es.Forournewbusinessleads,weâre alwayspullingthenamesofcompaÂŹ niesoffCompuServeforprospecting. Wejustcompletedaprojectfora clientinwhichwehadtoresearch differentautosafetytips,thingslike that,andConnieandIarenâtcarpeoÂŹ ple, so we just dialed up ComÂŹ puServe,gotintoagooddatabase, and got everything we needed for thisproject.â
Duvalhasalsofoundthebigonline serviceusefulinmakingrecenthotel reservations.Withafewofthesame flightandhotelreservationsystems usedbyairlinesandtravelagents availableonCompuServe,Duvalsays he and McCabe have booked some hotelsinItalyforanupcomingclient trip.
Still, a Macintosh Plus with a modemisdistinctlyonthelowendof the high-tech computer spectrum, although the combination is more thanadequateformostadwriters. Foradgraphics,though,itâsanother story:high-speedMacswith24-bit colormonitors,double-digitmegaÂŹ bytesofRAM,andtriple-digit-megabyte hard drives are practically essential.
Duvalsaysthatcomputershave transformedthatsideofthe business.âWeworkwithfiveor sixdifferentfreelanceartists. Threeorfouryearsago,none ofthemhadacomputer.Now,they alldo,exceptonedinosaur.TheothÂŹ ers have systems that do all the graphics.Almosteveryfreelanceart directorIcanthinkof,withthe exceptionofthatone,hasacomputÂŹ er.Youhavetohaveonethesedays.â
CafeBrix,locatedattheCornerBrook Mall, is a new restaurantstylishlycarved outofamini-malltabularasa withadizzyingeyefordecoÂŹ rativedetail.Allfacetsofour recentvisitwere accomplishedwith such competence andeasethatitis hard to believe thattherestaurant isonlyafewweeks old. The menu, whileupscaleinits approach,iswiselyaccessiblein priceandappealtoawidespecÂŹ trumofdiners.
OurdinnerbeganwiththeLobÂŹ sterRisotto($8.95)andtheRavioÂŹ lis($5.50).TheRisotto,morestiff thansoupy,hadthesimple,bright flavorsofLobsterwithoutthecloyÂŹ ingunpleasantnessofhavingbeen made with a seafood stock too strong.Suspendedinthericewas a generous showing of large chunksoflobster,whilethesalty piqueofromanoshardsluminated thesubtleseafoodflavors.The ravioliswereamushroom-filled pastadressedwithapistachio, sun-driedtomatopesto.Often,tryÂŹ ingtofigureoutâwhattheheckis thatstuffinsidetheraviolisâcan reallytaxyourE.S.P.abilities,but atCafeBrixthestuffingwaseasily decipherableanddelicious.The saucehadarich,meatysavoriness which was so much greater than justacompositeofthecomponent parts.AsignoftruekitchenknowÂŹ how.
parsleybutter,andatoppingof braisedshitakemushrooms.Many restaurantsseemtoenjoycooking swordfishtillitâssodryyoucan gagonit,butCafeBrixwouldhave noneofthisgameplaying.Itwas meltingly moist. Thepungent,herby flavorofcoriander addedaverynice counterbalanceto the winey, woodsy taste of the Shitakes. The Sweet Breads(amild,flaÂŹ voredmeatfromthethymusgland of young cows) were firmed up andservedwitharedwinesauce enhanced with porcini mushÂŹ rooms,thenplacedoverpuffpasÂŹ try.Averygooddishofwonderful texturesanddeepautumnalflaÂŹ vors.If1wereforcedtonit-pick,I would have to say that both entreestastedasifhalftheholesin the kitchen salt shaker were plugged.Althoughmytastedoes notnecessarilysetthestandard forsaltiness.Alltheplateswere veryartfullygarnished,adetail oftendismissedasâwhocares.â
Myfirstbrushwithcomputers wasinthedarkdaysof1973, withtheoldDartmouthSysÂŹ tem.Backthen,usersconÂŹ nected themselves to DartmouthCollegeviaanearlyhardÂŹ wirelinkup,typedintheoriginal Basiclanguage,andviewedtheiroutÂŹ put(usuallylongbannersofUnited StatesFlagsorstarsorNietzsche made from exclamation points and asterisks)onyellowrollsofteletype paper.
InDeeringHighSchoolwehada singleterminalinasound-proofed broomclosetasourlinktotheDartÂŹ mouthSystem.Computerswerethen consideredsomethingofavertical enrichment for math students. In fact,myCalculusIteacher,Joseph Doucette,wastheinstructorrepfor theschoolâscomputersciencelab.
Thenextday,IranintoJoseph Doucette,thecomputerrep.Barely out of college himself, his eyes widenedashetoldmethatwhenyou pulledtheplugtoshutoffaDartÂŹ mouthterminal,somethingterrible happened.
WhatdidIdo?1wentonwithmy life.IplungedintostreetsfullofpeoÂŹ ple.IboughtacoatwithasquirrelÂŹ trimmed collar and went into the Underground,figuringIâdneverrun into Joe Doucette again. I was a minor.Iâdbeenunderunbelievable pressure.Thebestthing1coulddo was to spend the rest of my life tellingothershowtoavoidthemisÂŹ takesIâvemade.
Er,JoeDoucette,nowoneofthe premier IBM programmers in thestateandco-ownerofLogiÂŹ calChoicecomputerstore,to whom many computer operaÂŹ torsintheareaareindebtedfor training,consulting,andadvice, whomImustinterviewtomakethisa responsiblestory,hassomepredicÂŹ tionsforbuyersintheUnderground:
paralleltechnology,youcantakea33 MHzprocesser,doubleit,andget the processing power at 66 MHz. Becauseyouhaveâtwoâworkingfor you,ineffect,itrunscooler.IBM,I think,isgoingtobealittleaheadof Intelthistime.Underalicensefrom Intel,theycannowmakeIntel-like processorswithoutaninfringement ofpatents.NowyouseeIBMdoing everything.Theyârebuildingboards inSouthCarolina,buildingboardsin TexasthatanyonecanputintoasysÂŹ tem.ThereâsanIBMDirectlinewhere you can order an IBM AMBRA by phone.
âThe386SXâsarebeingphased out.SomeofthepalmtopandnoteÂŹ booksarestillusing286technology. Infact,Zenithâsnewpalmtopusesa new8088platform.Itâsjustthatthe level of use may change. Do you knowthedeliverypeoplewiththeir hand-held accounting devices? Those are 286 and lower. I think thereâllbesupportforallplatformsat somelevel.â
I bought an Ultra 486 notebook (Midwest Micro) computer last December from Logical Choice,
whereJoeDoucettewasabletobeat thelistofno-taxsalepricesIhad researched by calling New HampÂŹ shireadvertisementsintheBoston Globe,handsdown.
Thisisawondrousmachinethat hasnotroublecontaininga405-page document,inthiscaseanovel,asa singlefile.Ifigureithassavedme about three months worth of late eveningsofmanuscriptpreparation.
AskedwhyitwascalledtheDartÂŹ mouth System, Joe Doucette says, âJohn Kemeny invented Basic at Dartmouth.BillGateshasmadethe moneyonit,butKemenyinventedit. HecameoutwithhisversionTrueBasictocounterBillGates,buthe wastoolate.Ithinkhemaystillbe at Dartmouth. He does lectures sometimes.â
Of note from a Made in Maine pointofviewisDowntimeComputer ofBrunswick,whichactuallyassemÂŹ bles both IBM and Macintosh comÂŹ putersfromcomponentparts.Their numberis(207)725-8903.
TheMacintoshmarketisgoing gentlycrazyaswell.âTakea Mac11,âsaysafriend.âUpgrade itwith$17,000worthofnew software and hardware, and youâvegottheMacintosh660AV.Itâs nowsellingfor$2,500retail,$2,300 wholesale. This has happened becauseofthe68040chip,whichhas a speed of 25 MHz. This does not comparetotheMHzfiguresyouhear aboutinIBM,becauseofthechip.It screams.ItâslikearoomfulofMac SEâs.IthasGeoport.Youcantalkto it.â
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The warm female body lying nexttomeshuffledinits sleep.Ashiverofexcitement wakes me to a semi-conÂŹ sciousness.Lightfromfalse dawnmadethefamiliarhotelroom fillmydreamfilledmindwitha senseofdejavu.âCoulditbeonly yesterday?â1askmyself.âOnlyyesÂŹ terdaythatwewalkeddownYork Beachhandinhandforthefirst time?â
â1loveyou.âThesweetinnocent voice bounced from 23-year-old SarahLittleâsnewlywedthroat.She reachedherleftarmaroundthe waistofJasonLittle,herstrong young husband; and rested her headonhisshoulder.Theywalked downthelightlypopulatedYork Beach.Awindblewinacooling mistofftheAtlanticOceanrelievÂŹ ingsomeofthehotAugustheat.
The Maine coast village was regrouping,rebuilding,aswasthe wholenationthatAugust.Slowly tryingtoreturntosomesortofnorÂŹ malcy as President Harding had statedafterthatfirstwar,hopingto restoreorderoutofconfusionnow thatthesecondwarwasending.
The two honeymooners walked silentforaminuteenjoyingeach
Thesunedgeditswayunderthe rooflineofthehousesalongold Route1,relievingsomeoftheheat. Jasonlookedoutatthestilldark lighthouse which dominated the landscapeofthearea.âSoontheyâll belightingthatagain.âSarahfolÂŹ lowed his glance and nodded. Jason suddenly stopped walking and played with the warm sand withhisbarefeet.HisArmyAir Corpsuniformdresspantsrolled tomid-calf.Helookeddownand watchedthesandfilterbetweenhis toes.âYouknow,weâremarried!!!â LookingintoSarahâseyes,there wasasmileacrosshiswholeface. Thetwolovershuggedtightand kissed,passionately.
âI,Jason,takeyou,Sarah,tobe mylawfullyweddedwifetolove and to hold in sickness and in health,till...âThewordstuckinhis throat;hehadseentoomuchover the skies of Europe recently. âDeathdouspart.âSarahsmiled andplacedherheadonhischest. TheirwarwithGermanyover.
âAnything you want.â Jason huggedhertighttohissideand lookedouttosea,hardlybelieving thathewasholdingSarah.Hislove forhersweptintototalcommand. Hesuddenlywantedtocrawlinside ofher,wherehewouldbesafeand warm;farawayfromtheworldhe hadjustreturnedfrom,acrossthat ocean.HewantedtoremainforevÂŹ erinsideofherhugs,herarms wrappedtightlyaroundhim.Atear ofjoystunghiseyes.âIloveyou.â Hechoked.
The warm body moved again. âSoon,âIsaytomyself.âSoonweâll bewatchingthesunriseagain.The continuingrisingsun,likeother dawnsweâvewatchedonlyyesterÂŹ day.â
âMommy!â The large round, alwaysquestioningblueeyesof twoyearoldJenniferpeeredover theedgeofthehoteldoublebed. Sarahgroanedandrolledtoface her daughter. âMommy, up!â She liftedthechildontothebed.Jason openedoneeyetowatch.Motherâs anddaughterâsfaceswereidentical photographsofeachother.
âWhereâsDaddy?âSarahplayfulÂŹ lyasked,thelittlechildâshead snappedtothefarsideofthebed. Jasonquicklyclosedhiseyesand coveredhimselfwiththethinwhite sheet,inanefforttocatchanextra momentofsleep.âGogetDaddy.â Sarah mischievously whispered
arah propped herself up on her left arm and watched theminthelightofpredawn.
Astingofjealousypricked her,asJasonheldJennifer withhisarmsextendedandthen quicklybroughtthebabytohis chestforatightlovefilledhug. There were times when she felt thatJenniferhadtakenherplace inJasonâsheart.Shehadnot beengivenenoughtimewith Jasonalone,sheconstantly complainedtoherself.But they were at York Beach again,themostspecialof special places for them. Time seemed to reverse there.Jasonlookedoverat hiswife.
âWhatâs the matter?â he whispered,genuineconcernin hisvoice.âYoulooksosad.â
âJustfeelingmyage.â
âYouârestillmybride,âhe smiled.âWeâllnevergrowold,until thedaywedie.âHesmiledthat same smile from their wedding day.âIloveyou,âheadded,and continueplayingwiththetwoyear oldchild.
âIloveyou.âShesoftlyrespondÂŹ ed,strokinghisfacewithherright hand, âsoooo much.â She prayed thatthemomentwouldnothaveto die, hoping that nothing would everchange.Thensherolledover andkissedherhusbandâsshoulÂŹ der,knowingthetruthoftime.
Theyawncamefromdeepinside mybody.Alowerbackpainjoined itas1triedtostretchwithoutdisÂŹ turbing my sleeping companion.
âOhGod,âIgroan,âitwasonlyyesÂŹ terdaythatwesharedthatcupof teaonthebeachatdawn.â their moments at home,theWorldWarveteranfacÂŹ ingoffagainsttheyoungteenage radical, but York Beach always seemedtosootheoveranyanger. A pilgrimage for forgiving and remembering.
âWatch Sammy.â Sarah pointed atthelargeblackLabradorretrievÂŹ erjumpingandtwistingintheair afterthestickthatJasonJunior heldabovehissix-footbody.His hand held transistor radio proppedinthesandnexttohim, wasplayinganotheranti-warsong. JasonSeniorsippedfromthenew thermoscupsteaminginhishand. They had had
husband.âIloveyou,âhervoice deeperthanhewishedtorememÂŹ ber,spokethewordsthathadsurÂŹ faced rarer and rarer over the years.
âItâsalwayssonicecomingback here.âJasonshookhishead,and staredattherisingsun,picturing thepast,triggeredbythenearforÂŹ gottenfeeling.âItâslikeacoolwind on a hot muggy August day.â He lookedathiswife,seeingthe23year-oldhemarried.âRevitalizing, refreshing,rejuvenating.âThered and orange of dawn gave way to yellow,endingthedaydreamin Jasonâsmind.âItâsasifwe needthissunriseeach yeartocontinuelivÂŹ ing.â
âLikerecharging our batteries.â Sarahjokedand hugged him again around thewaist.He placedthetea onarockjutÂŹ tingoutofthe sea wall, and hugged her back.
He scanned the horiÂŹ zon smelling the sweet colognethathehadbrought backforherfromFrancein1945. Shehadwornitontheirwedding day. His young wife had been a warmfreespiritthen.âIwishwe couldgoback!âHesighed,anda tearwetthecornerofhiseyes. âThereâssomuchIâdlovetomake up to you!â The tears became almosttoohardtocheck,andhis lowerlipquivered.Heshookhis headindespair.âTimesIshould havebeenwithyou,andtimes1 shouldhavewalkedaway."
âIloveyou,âheechoedandthey kissedthesamepassionatekiss thattheyhadsharedthatfirst dawn so long before on York Beach.
Irolloverandsilentlywatch mybrideinthelightoffalse dawn.Ihaveseenherthisway toomanytimes,andyetnever enoughtimes.Leaningover1 gentlykissherawake.ThosecarÂŹ ing eyes which had captured my heart only yesterday, slightly sparkleagain.â1loveyou.â1whisÂŹ per and brush a few uncombed strandsofgraywhitehairfromher forehead.Shepullsmeclosefora hug.âItâsalmosttime.âShenods, andwedress.
tearoflovefilledhereyes. The years have never removed that emotion, though time had stopped the expressing of it. We walk across old Route 1 to the shortgraysandybeach,hardfrom theovernighttidesoakedintothe sand.Redandorangefillsthesky asthesunliesjustbelowthehoriÂŹ zon.Weshareawarmcupoftea. Threejoggersandadogrunspast us,unawareofourlovestillnesÂŹ tleddeepwithin.
âYes,dear,âImutteredagain, myeyesreturningtotheSarah MeadCooperobituary.Diedof cancer,survivedbytwochilÂŹ dren,Jenniferage44,andJason age36.Sarahhadnotbeenable towaitforV-Edayeither.Her dearJohnletterhadreached me in England. 1 sipped my wifeâsstrongAirForcecoffee, remembering. We had met beforetheletter,butstillSarah hadremainedinacornerofmy heart.
âJason?âMyEnglishwifeâs voicewasstrangelytranquil,as ifshecouldseeintomymind. âDo you ever wonder what yourlifewouldbelike,ifwe hadnât married?" There is alwayssomeonethateachofus longstohavegrownoldwith, butfailtobecausetheFaiths twistourlivestheotherway. MymindcriedSarah.
Ilookedatmywifeoverthe top of the newspaper, and smelled York Beach. âNo, dear.â â
