New Town Mystery #1
Jan. 5th, 2025 05:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
em_c We bought a house with a view of the river and lots of good people watching opportunities. Beautiful sunsets. Neato barges (I remain a 6yo boy at heart). Nature, recreational boats, other interesting traffic floating on by. And the silver hatchback.
He's here all night. Every night. Much of the day. I just awoke to an ice storm in progress, cannot see a lick of traffic for miles, anywhere, and I sent my dad a text that the weather must be very bad as the silver hatchback is gone. And then a lone pair of lights pulls up and there he sits once again, a headlit beacon for whatever's going up the river that he's looking for. At this point he's going to get a Christmas card next year, as he's our nearest neighbor.
I think he picks people up off the barges. But that's kinda boring in comparison to the stories I've made up. He's like that Waffle House index for my particular town, if Hatchy is out and about it must not be a disaster just yet. One day I'll walk over and ask, claiming imminent domain over the knowledge of why he wastes all that gasoline.
He's here all night. Every night. Much of the day. I just awoke to an ice storm in progress, cannot see a lick of traffic for miles, anywhere, and I sent my dad a text that the weather must be very bad as the silver hatchback is gone. And then a lone pair of lights pulls up and there he sits once again, a headlit beacon for whatever's going up the river that he's looking for. At this point he's going to get a Christmas card next year, as he's our nearest neighbor.
I think he picks people up off the barges. But that's kinda boring in comparison to the stories I've made up. He's like that Waffle House index for my particular town, if Hatchy is out and about it must not be a disaster just yet. One day I'll walk over and ask, claiming imminent domain over the knowledge of why he wastes all that gasoline.
