Episode
Day 575
Day 575 in Seahaven Springs, under cloudy skies. The mackerel are running off Seahaven Point. The dock has acquired a row of buckets and an atmosphere of quiet competition. Dot Ferris lost Dr. Cornelius Pratt after a long life together. Dot Ferris is stepping out with Kip Doyle. Nothing bad ever happens here — but something is always going on. The Book Nobody Finished 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
00:00The mackerel are running off Seahaven Point. The dock has acquired a row of buckets and an atmosphere of quiet competition.
00:00Rain has begun over Seahaven Springs. Umbrellas deployed with suspicious synchronization.
07:00The Town Hall clock and the bakery clock disagree by two minutes. Both are certain.
09:00The town cat is asleep on the Town Hall steps. Municipal business reroutes around it.
10:00Bev Tanner noticed the greetings had gone identical and improvised badly but successfully.
10:23Rex Callahan and Sal Marino have stopped leaving their friendship to chance.
11:00The rain has cleared. A rainbow appeared at a frankly cinematic angle.
12:00An unclaimed umbrella has been standing by the café door for three days.
12:42THE END: Beaumont-Whitlow book club closes its final chapter, weeks in the making.
13:00Truman Beaumont has received a postcard from somewhere far away. The handwriting is unfamiliar.
13:36Hal Brody and Norma Quist kept their word and finished what they started.
15:00The traveling garden gnome has been spotted on a new porch. Nobody admits to moving it.
16:00The community orchard is in blossom and briefly the best place in town.
17:00The tide is out further than usual. Elaine Whitlow has gone to look at what it left behind.
17:54Town Hall's finest sleuth and her favorite insurance man, huddled over notes by the buckets of mackerel.
18:00A heron has taken up position at Miller's Pond and is refusing to be hurried.
22:00Clouds drift in over the bay. Gus pretends not to enjoy it.
22:05Edie Gorse has declared this the finest town in the world. Twice.
22:32Flo Tidewater has begun a heartfelt speech with no clear subject.
22:33Milo Ferris is explaining boats to anyone who will listen down at The Anchor.
22:37Sal Marino has begun issuing compliments in alphabetical order.
What was said
07:19Kip Doyle, June Ellery, Fern Gorse · Sunrise Café
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
Good morning! First proper conversation of the day.
07:21Marla Finch, Elaine Whitlow, Flo Tidewater, Norma Quist · Sunrise Café
Nobody leave until we agree which version is most plausible.★
Nobody leave until we agree which version is most plausible.★
07:44June Ellery, Truman Beaumont · Sunrise Café
Morning, Truman. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Truman. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
07:54Dot Ferris, Norma Quist · Sunrise Café
Norma! The rain has polished Main Street nicely.
Norma! The rain has polished Main Street nicely.
08:02Truman Beaumont, Fern Gorse, Flo Tidewater, June Ellery, Kip Doyle · Sunrise Café
Morning, Fern. Everything feels possible at this hour.★
Morning, Fern. Everything feels possible at this hour.★
08:45Dot Ferris, Hal Brody · Sunrise Café
Morning, Hal. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
Morning, Hal. You are out before the town has finished yawning.
08:59Kip Doyle, Milo Ferris · The Bakery
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
09:40Dot Ferris, Norma Quist · Norma's Grocery
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
Morning, Norma. Just the usual today.
10:05Rex Callahan, Sal Marino · The Dune House
Sal, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
Sal, you look like someone with five minutes to spare.
11:07Rex Callahan, Kip Doyle · The Bakery
Morning, Kip. Just the usual today.
Morning, Kip. Just the usual today.
11:50Dot Ferris, Hal Brody · Sunrise Café
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
You have caught me before my second cup of tea.
12:04Milo Ferris, Kip Doyle · The Bakery
Good to see you, Kip. I'll bring that right over.
Good to see you, Kip. I'll bring that right over.