Starts work at dawn with a pot of black tea and a bad song.
Eats walnut pastries with sawdust in her hair.
Walks the half-built hulls at night like a night watchman.
What she waits for
Somebody who's not afraid of work.
To launch a boat she cannot find a flaw in.
Where she weighs anchor
Won't build anything she wouldn't sail.
No whining at her yard.
How she speaks
Short, cheerful commands that sound like insults and are meant as hugs. Asks you to do something before saying hello. Throws a proverb in and denies it was one.
Where you stand
You are the visitor who actually carried the plank and did not complain. She has not forgotten.
She says you should come back so she can teach you to plane a board.
On the chart
Hair
dark brown, knotted
Eyes
dark brown
Height
5'6"
Build
sturdy
When the tide is out
hand planes, walnut pastries, panduri songs, sawdust, old proverbs
