Episode
Day 289
Day 289 in Seahaven Springs, under rainy skies. Lark Ferris is in a staring contest with a gull on the dock. The gull is winning. Dot Ferris is stepping out with Dr. Cornelius Pratt. Dot Ferris has been quiet lately, and keeps starting sentences she does not finish. Nothing bad ever happens here — but something is always going on. The Great Chess Rivalry begins. Goodnight, Truman. In case we don't see you: good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight.
OPEN THIS DAY IN THE BROADCASTWhat was announced
03:00The traveling garden gnome has been spotted on a new porch. Nobody admits to moving it.
07:00Every car, gull and passer-by around Truman Beaumont paused at once, as though waiting for a cue.
12:00Lark Ferris is in a staring contest with a gull on the dock. The gull is winning.
13:00The town cat is asleep on the Town Hall steps. Municipal business reroutes around it.
14:00A heron has taken up position at Miller's Pond and is refusing to be hurried.
14:02Hal Brody has closed the notebook on one small Seahaven mystery, satisfied for now.
16:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
18:00The light over Seahaven Springs this evening is almost unreasonably good.
19:00The Town Hall clock and the bakery clock disagree by two minutes. Both are certain.
19:00For four seconds Truman Beaumont's radio carried a voice describing exactly where Truman Beaumont was standing.
19:00Somebody has been asked to need Truman Beaumont's help with something small and absorbing.
19:46Fern Gorse and Gus Tidewater kept their word and finished what they started.
21:00It is warm enough to sit outside. Half the town has done exactly that.
22:31The Anchor's piano is being played by Fern Gorse, who cannot play piano.
22:31Flo Tidewater has proposed a toast to the concept of Thursdays.
23:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
23:07Rex Callahan has closed the notebook on one small Seahaven mystery, satisfied for now.
What was said
07:26Marla Finch, Norma Quist · Sunrise Café
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
07:34Dr. Cornelius Pratt, Milo Ferris · Dot's House
Well if it isn't Milo. How's the day treating you?
Well if it isn't Milo. How's the day treating you?
08:49June Ellery, Fern Gorse · Town Hall
Good, you are here. This saves me issuing a notice.
Good, you are here. This saves me issuing a notice.
08:54Bev Tanner, Flo Tidewater · Seahaven Mutual
Flo, this conversation is covered under the friendly-encounter clause.
Flo, this conversation is covered under the friendly-encounter clause.
09:19Truman Beaumont, Flo Tidewater · Seahaven Mutual
Flo, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
Flo, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
11:03Sal Marino, Norma Quist · Norma's Grocery
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
11:05Gus Tidewater, Dr. Cornelius Pratt · Sunrise Café
Dr. Pratt, isn't it? How are things your end?
Dr. Pratt, isn't it? How are things your end?
12:17Marla Finch, Truman Beaumont · Sunrise Café
Good to see you, Truman. I'll bring that right over.
Good to see you, Truman. I'll bring that right over.
12:33Marla Finch, Bev Tanner · Sunrise Café
Good to see you, Bev. I'll bring that right over.
Good to see you, Bev. I'll bring that right over.
12:43Bev Tanner, Marla Finch, Truman Beaumont, Dr. Cornelius Pratt · Sunrise Café
Right, cups down for one moment. Something has happened.★
Right, cups down for one moment. Something has happened.★
13:09Dot Ferris, Truman Beaumont, Dr. Cornelius Pratt · Sunrise Café
Truman, you look well enough to be useful.★
Truman, you look well enough to be useful.★
13:16Gus Tidewater, Kip Doyle · The Bakery
Hello, Kip. We keep meeting in the useful parts of town.
Hello, Kip. We keep meeting in the useful parts of town.