I am afraid you won't welcome this question, but please, take it as a compliment. It sort of is.
I am re-reading Carousel Tides, and there is this sentence right at the beginning: "his jeans were as soft as salt and weather could make them". I confess that I have no idea what salt and the fishing trade do to clothes - unless you soak something in the sea water and let it dry stiff... Also, Kate apparently can see and recognize the effect immediately, in the poorest light and without getting close. So, what's up with those jeans?
I half expect you to say that it is nothing, just a wanton word - but I'd rather ask and look stupid than not ask and stupid shall remain.
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Date: 2013-07-09 01:50 pm (UTC)I am re-reading Carousel Tides, and there is this sentence right at the beginning: "his jeans were as soft as salt and weather could make them". I confess that I have no idea what salt and the fishing trade do to clothes - unless you soak something in the sea water and let it dry stiff... Also, Kate apparently can see and recognize the effect immediately, in the poorest light and without getting close. So, what's up with those jeans?
I half expect you to say that it is nothing, just a wanton word - but I'd rather ask and look stupid than not ask and stupid shall remain.