Episode

Day 59

And so closes day 59 in Seahaven Springs, under sunny skies. Among today's happenings: Gus Tidewater is stepping out with Marla Finch Marla Finch is stepping out with Gus Tidewater Pearl Gorse has been married to Walt Gorse for years Nothing bad ever happens here — but something is always going on. Goodnight, Truman. In case we don't see you: good afternoon, good evening, and goodnight.

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What was announced

00:00Marla Finch has bought Bay View House on the promenade. The whole town has opinions about the kitchen.

07:00Fog has come in off the bay and stopped, very precisely, at the edge of town.

08:00The town cat is asleep on the Town Hall steps. Municipal business reroutes around it.

11:00The morning mail has arrived. Walt Gorse received a mysterious postcard.

12:00It is Wednesday lunch in Founders Park. Benches are being claimed diplomatically.

13:00The town ladder is on its fourth borrower this week and nobody is sure who owns it.

15:00Walt Gorse took a tumble off a stepladder while rescuing a kite and is spending a few days in Seahaven General.

15:53June Ellery makes posters. The dog attends the poster-making.

16:00A heron has taken up position at Miller's Pond and is refusing to be hurried.

17:00The orchard is loud with bees. Nobody has been stung in living memory.

19:00The light over Seahaven Springs this evening is almost unreasonably good.

20:00The lights of Seahaven Springs flickered for exactly three seconds. The town clock is unbothered.

22:00The sun breaks through over Seahaven Springs, precisely on cue.

22:00Three separate neighbours greeted Truman Beaumont with the identical sentence this morning.

What was said

15:55Bev Tanner, June Ellery
Afternoon, June. Escaping the busy part of the day?★

17:28Sal Marino, Hal Brody, Walt Gorse
Come, come. I need an honest palate.★

19:24Bev Tanner, Kip Doyle
Good timing. I was about to take a policy-compliant break.★