a Dodecanese chronicle

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The Ship’s Company

Nine aboard — four couples and Judy.

Nine of them, four couples and Judy, on the fourth trip most of this group has taken together.

Aboard

The ship’s company

Portraits drop in as they are taken — one each, same spot, shoulders up, on whichever afternoon is idle enough. Until then each frame waits, which is its own kind of invitation.

Rod Williams

Rod Williams

Sailing with Sheila
Sheila Williams

Sheila Williams

Sailing with Rod
Roger Gould

Roger Gould

Sailing with Susan
Susan Gould

Susan Gould

Sailing with Roger
Craig Thompson

Craig Thompson

Sailing with Maria
Maria Thompson

Maria Thompson

Sailing with Craig
Mark Williams

Mark Williams

Sailing with Beck
Beck Williams

Beck Williams

Sailing with Mark
Judy Griggs

Judy Griggs

Of the ship’s company
And the boat’s own

Captain Jiorgos and crew

Three of them, and by the end of a week they are usually the reason half the stories exist. Names and faces go here as we learn them.