Staring at my work. There are some places I would like to touch up. I really wasn't ready to exhibit it yet. Could have worked on it for a few more months.

Sid reassuring me.

Waiting for people to begin arriving. Remembering breakfast in Silver Beach.

Breakfast with Gunter and Gwen and Sebastian. Blueberry muffins and coffee. Talking about their plans to go hiking in the morning. I pictured them walking along the coastal trail. Gunter and Gwen with their knapsacks on their backs. Sebastian with his wooden walking stick.

Exchanging stories with Gwen about the things we did when we were teenagers. In different eras.

I am sitting at a small table in the gallery.

Dorothy is beside me drinking coffee, looking across the gallery at her work, as if there are still places she would like to touch up.

"It is perfect," I tell her, and she relaxes.

Gwen is sitting at a computer on a table near me, reading through her work. Gunter and Sebastian are beside her, looking over her shoulder as she checks the Internet connection.

We are waiting for people to begin arriving. I am remembering breakfast in Silver Beach.