Onwards through the swamp

And we will hope that it doesn't turn out to be Pete Seeger's "Big Muddy."

Beowulf learns strange things about his family and the point of land they've held for centuries on the Maine coast. The Wicked Witch turns out to be less fearsome than he feared, but other portents abound.

Something must be going right -- I've topped a thousand words a day for two days now. Or maybe it's just that the brakes failed.