Perhaps I make it seem as though the inhabitants simply sit and look at birds, and watch and feel the tides but it is a community.  FedEx comes.  A pizza arrives. Direct TV is installed for a neighbor.  Food comes in.  Trash, recycling,and compost go out.  I now see that a bucket is a good way to carry compost when you have a fairly long walk depending where your boat is located along the dock.  Just like for the birds, there is intake and outtake.

I read these words from Annie Murphy Paul in The Extended Mind, and think of how we’re connected and affected by each other and what we read and see.

Annie Murphy Paul:

When we listen to a story, our brains experience the action as if it were happening to us. Brain scanning studies show that when we hear about characters emoting, the emotional areas of our brains become active; when we hear about characters moving vigorously, the motor regions of our brains are roused.

I hear the engines of the seaplane rev up and wait for it to cruise out, turn, and rise.  It is my story and I rouse and rise.