shorts the old man in the curry house the one where he thinks about how he wants to spend his final years
shorts the man sitting by the side of the road the one where the island that isn’t quite what it seems
cruising-essays the first crossing the one where he sails out to sea, contemplates death, then decides to enjoy himself anyway
cruising-essays burning to the waterline the one where he buys a sailboat, goes nowhere for six months, then sets it on fire