Episode
Day 1080
Day 1080 in Seahaven Springs, under cloudy skies. Commotion at The Anchor! Abel Callahan and Rex Callahan came to (very gentle) blows over an argument about the correct way to pronounce "buoy". Rex Callahan is not currently speaking to Abel Callahan. Lark Ferris is not currently speaking to Jonah Ferris. Nothing bad ever happens here — but something is always going on. Whose Ladder Is This reaches its conclusion. Goodnight, Truman. In case we don't see you: good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight.
OPEN THIS DAY IN THE BROADCASTWhat was announced
02:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
03:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
05:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
08:00For four seconds Truman Beaumont's radio carried a voice describing exactly where Truman Beaumont was standing.
08:00The radio in Truman Beaumont's kitchen has been persuaded to play his favourite song. He is singing along, badly.
08:34Fern Gorse has turned learning the orchard properly into a real part of life.
09:00Fog has come in off the bay and stopped, very precisely, at the edge of town.
10:00A form has been filed correctly at the first attempt. Town Hall is quietly jubilant.
14:12The ladder is traced through four households, none of whom own it.
15:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.
16:00The orchard is loud with bees. Nobody has been stung in living memory.
17:00The town cat is asleep on the Town Hall steps. Municipal business reroutes around it.
18:00The community orchard is in blossom and briefly the best place in town.
18:00Rain fell in a single column, precisely on Truman Beaumont, and nowhere else in Seahaven Springs.
19:00The same passer-by has now walked past Truman Beaumont three times on the same route.
20:00Someone is practising the same eight bars of piano again. The town has grown fond of them.
21:00Clouds drift in over the bay. The fishermen pretend not to enjoy it.
21:09Truman Beaumont and Edie Gorse kept their word and finished what they started.
22:52Fern Gorse has become extremely confident about lighthouse engineering.
23:00Commotion at The Anchor! Abel Callahan and Rex Callahan came to (very gentle) blows over an argument about the correct way to pronounce "buoy".
23:38Rex Callahan has closed the notebook on one small Seahaven mystery, satisfied for now.
What was said
06:34Dot Ferris, Kip Doyle · Kip's House
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
07:20Elaine Whitlow, Marla Finch, Ewan Callahan, Milo Ferris · Sunrise Café
Oh, hello. I was asking the roses about you.
Oh, hello. I was asking the roses about you.
07:21Dot Ferris, Iris Brody, Fern Gorse · Sunrise Café
Iris, you look well enough to be useful.
Iris, you look well enough to be useful.
07:33Bev Tanner, Flo Tidewater · Sunrise Café
Morning, Flo. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Flo. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
07:33Abel Callahan, Bea Callahan · Promenade House
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
07:57Bev Tanner, Fern Gorse, Ewan Callahan, Flo Tidewater, Dot Ferris · Sunrise Café
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.★
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.★
08:23Linus Tidewater, Bram Tidewater · Gus's House
Right. What is everybody being strange about today.
Right. What is everybody being strange about today.
08:53Abel Callahan, Ewan Callahan · The Salty Gull
Remember when this whole street felt enormous?
Remember when this whole street felt enormous?
08:56Bev Tanner, Dot Ferris, Hal Brody, Elaine Whitlow, Iris Brody · Sunrise Café
Dot, this conversation is covered under the friendly-encounter clause.★
Dot, this conversation is covered under the friendly-encounter clause.★
12:42Marla Finch, Fern Gorse · Sunrise Café
Good to see you, Fern. I'll bring that right over.
Good to see you, Fern. I'll bring that right over.
12:43Elaine Whitlow, Edie Gorse · Sunrise Café
There you are, Edie. I was hoping we would cross paths.
There you are, Edie. I was hoping we would cross paths.
12:50Marla Finch, Abel Callahan · Sunrise Café
Good to see you, Abel. I'll bring that right over.
Good to see you, Abel. I'll bring that right over.