January 3, 2013
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Spent the day unpacking our treasures from G2
in filling up 11-5-1 and discovered a lot of things
that I never knew we had around the old house.
Like Papa's seaman collectibles.
He showed me the rankings etched on these
whiskey glasses late this evening, starting
from Cadet and going through the Officers
chain, all the way up to Captain.
I found his one and only sexton, encased
in a rosewood box which he refused to
even let me touch (possessive much
).Then Mama pointed me to an unopened
box in Papa's new study where I literally
stumbled upon a chest full of words.
Dad's old Captain's Logs.
I was telling Alison earlier, because I knew
she of all people would understand, having
gone through the painful process of sorting
through arwah Captain Ghani's possessions,
that these things, they still smell like the sea.
They might not be in the best of conditions
at present. The glasses cracked, the books
torn down the spine. But they are so lovely
to behold, still, after all these years.
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