10/09/2020
Went to Bob’s at noon today to get the $500 cash for selling the spinnaker of Mustang(too big to use)and sat down over coffee and tea to chat. Last time he mentioned that he had a boat named after a Greek goddess, but he couldn’t remember what the name was (he buys and sells too many boats), only that he remembered the goddess’ hobby of detaining heroes in her island, one situation was later interfered with by Zeus. I looked it up later and knew it would be Calypso, and when I asked him today if that was the name, he said it was! In fact, the goddess detained Odysseus for seven years, and she used all her talents to charm the hero. Athena, the guardian goddess of Odysseus, couldn’t stand it and asked Zeus to help her, so Zeus sent Hermes to tell Calypso to let him go, and the goddess was reluctant, but she had to obey the fate of Odysseus to complete his odyssey…… The end of the story to a section of Cui Jian’s “Flower House Girl” is quite appropriate: you asked me where is the Somewhere you want to go, I point to the direction of the sea…
And then there was a chat about the French pioneer of underwater exploration, Jacques Cousteau. Cousteau’s boat was also called Calypso. Wes Anderson was inspired by his story to make Life Aquatic.
Grocery shopping in the afternoon and sweet chili shrimp for tea in the evening.
Sea Journal 