Kindred spirits

Del Mar California, June 1953

“She emptied a fifth of gin and a rack of cubes into a pitcher and drank one while she stirred. Then she poured another and joined the dogs on the beach. "I'm going to have to find a liquor store tomorrow,” she said out loud. They seemed in perfect agreement and curled up around her feet. It was dawn or it would be in a hour, so she poured a refill and …