In The Morning

G. Harrison A.

Description

Between catnaps all day long, he checked his position several times an hour to make sure he was on course. Twice he'd had to take up the slack when one of the main sails pulled its lines loose, but this was normal when he was carrying this much sail and the wind was this strong. He loved to push his boat against the sea like this and wondered why he didn't do it more often. If he would have set the spinnaker he could have gone even faster, but he'd lose some control if he did and if truth be known, he wasn't in that big of a hurry. The sun was turning his neck and legs into lobster meat without the canopy, but he didn't feel a thing.

Informations

• Publié par: A. G. Harrison
• Date de parution: 29 juillet 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781839783463
• Langue: English

Extrait

In The Morning
 
 
Book series: “Coral Bay”
 
 
Part 3
 
 
Series by A. G. Harrison
 
 
Publication as of July 2021
 
Introduction by A. G. Harrison
 
Introduction
 
From the time human felt the necessity to communicate, he realized the value of the written word and wrote by drawing on cave walls, clay tablets, stones, papyrus, parchment, paper, and today, with the development of technology, he has created e-books.
 
The object "book" is classified in industrial products, but at the same time it is a cultural good. Personally, I emphasize both of its dimensions, but mainly in its cultural dimension. I consider the book to be the most important expression of culture because quite simply, in addition to being the same work of art, it supports all other expressions of culture.
 
As an industrial product, through the many stages of its creation and before it reaches the hands of the reader, it financially supports a wide range of professions, such as writers, philologists, translators, designers, publishers, paper merchants, printing houses, bookbinders, distributors and, finally, bookstores… Let us not forget, of course, that today it also greatly supports the huge online market industry.
 
The governments of many countries, studying and delving into the economic benefits of the book, have invested and supported this industry in various ways, which flourished and offered them great financial gains.
 
Starting with the Sumerians, Babylonians and other peoples of Mesopotamia, who wrote on clay tablets, Egyptians and Romans, who wrote on papyrus, the Jews on parchment, the evolution with handwritten books images in the Middle Ages in Europe, the creation of the first wooden typographic elements and paper by the Chinese, who printed the first books, the discovery of metallic elements by the German Johannes Gutenberg during the Renaissance and the really rapid development of printing in 1450 until 1456 and, finally, during the 19th-20th century the Industrial Revolution, which makes the production of the book flourish are some examples of the value of the written word.
 
The agony and effort of all these civilized societies, over time, in various parts of the world, teaches us that the book is an integral part of human existence.
 
Throughout this course the book records and transports from the depths of the centuries ancient civilizations, which teach us about the mistakes that we can avoid or imitate the achievements of our ancestors and adopt timeless principles and values, supplies for survival. but also the evolution of the human species.
 
By reading a book, we have the opportunity to create with our imagination the heroes of history, landscapes, various objects, etc. In the pages of a book, the author, in addition to his study, research, experiences, also expresses his feelings. He makes us members of his own world and gives us the opportunity to learn.
 
It helps us to acquire knowledge but also to enrich our vocabulary, improving our own writing.
 
It contributes to our mental alertness, increases the ability to focus, improves our memory, helps to develop our analytical mental abilities, entertains us, calms us down and helps reduce stress.
 
Of course, apart from the importance of touch and contact with a hot material, reading a quality book contributes significantly and decisively to our self-education, the cultivation of critical thinking, the upgrading of our aesthetics and consequently contributes to our quality of life.
 
It conveys art, informs, cultivates the spirit and the soul, elevates intelligence, finds solutions to problems, conveys messages, circulates ideas, forms consciences.
 
I hope my books convey a message of personal experiences and you could find segments of your own truth as well.
 
Thank you in advance for being here and being ready to start reading.
Chapter One
 
Previously
 
All day long, off and on, Penny and Connie took turns watching for the rescue craft they knew would be showing up at any time, but it never came. The sun had beaten them into submission, forcing them to stay in the shade of their shelter and of course with the heat and sweat came a terrible thirst.
 
What Connie didn’t know at that time was that her gyrocompass and GPS tracker had been sabotaged along with the engines, and no one would ever know about that unless the jet itself was recovered. As it stood right now, they were nearly two hundred miles from where Connie told them she thought she was.
 
Laying there, Connie’s mind began working full force. She went over the flight and eventually the wreck, second by second and then she realized that an accident like they had experienced yesterday couldn’t have happen in a Gulfstream III. This jet had so much redundancy built into it that it was impossible to have that sort of catastrophic failure. In order for them to have an occurrence like they'd experienced, it would have to be manmade. It could not have been mechanical failure, but the why of the failure still escaped her? If she would have been able to get those proverbial ‘black boxes’, then maybe she would at least have some real answers for the authorities when they got there. As it stood now, likely as not the accident would be blamed on her, not the Gulfstream itself. Even though she had radioed in her problem before the crash, it would still be considered her fault and written up as pilot error. But she didn’t do anything wrong, at least in her mind she hadn’t. Nevertheless, without those boxes and her logs, she would probably be blamed for the loss of the jet and the ensuing loss of life. She’d never be allowed in the pilot’s seat again, that was for sure. With this realization eating away in her mind, she really became depressed.
 
“Should we save our drinks or go ahead and use them?” Penny asked, as she lay alongside Connie in the shade, trying to lick some moisture into her dry caked lips. Penny’s question about their present predicament broke Connie out of her worries and brought her back to reality.
 
“What did you say?” Connie asked, shifting her thinking to here and now.
 
“The bottles of pop and beer we salvaged, should we save them or go ahead and have one of them now? I never knew how thirsty a person could get?”
 
“That is nothing like what it’ll be if we run out of things to drink. No, I think we should ration that stuff. If we see someone coming to save us, we can splurge, but not until then. We will have another bottle of liquid of some sort tonight. This evening I think we should try to do what you suggested and fish for whatever’s out there in the lagoon, but remember this, whatever we catch we will have to eat raw.”
 
“I forgot about that. I don’t know if I can eat a fish raw?” Penny said.
 
“Although it is so damn hot out there, I would bet we could fry whatever we caught just using the heat of the sun.” After saying it, Connie knew how to fix the fish or crabs they might find in the lagoon. There were two pieces of shinny dark metal they had pulled from one of the suitcases before tying them together for part of their shelter; they were lying next to the base of a tree.