Word got around that it had won the Columbia River fishing boat race, as a bowpicker, before being rebuilt as a sternpicker for the Inlet fishery.

Oh no, you'll spoil her, too much sugar is bad for them. Surely one won't hurt, just this once, Mildred. And sucky Janine: Oh yes, can I Ma'am, please?

The life had been lived and chronicled, and what remained was a happy retirement filled with those inconsequentia which made life pleasant

Despite hardly having any energy to lift a pen, she left a legible note on the paper.