Tag: first day
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Later that afternoon I started going through the cupboards. Not the ones with my gear but the ones built into the lighthouse itself. Cupboards in the kitchen the storeroom under the stairs and the narrow shelf tucked in beside the fuse box. Most were empty or held the expected odds and ends but a few…
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The first thing I did after unlocking the lighthouse door was make a cup of coffee. Not because I needed it right then but because it felt like a way of claiming the space. My boots were still damp from the boat ride. My shoulders ached from hauling my gear up the stairs. Nevertheless, I…