Word count as of Saturday, April 19 — 1,125 for the day, and 12,300 for the project. I haven’t made up my recent slackery, but progress continues.

A police interview gave an opportunity for backstory, but I haven’t made nearly the deft use of it that Robert Penn Warren did. Still, as I keep reminding myself, I am exploring the territory; I am exploring the territory.

Weather symbolism entered, a placeholder, I hope, for something better, which I’ll fix later.