7:00 a.m. …. From my hotel room window, the harbor is awash in pastel hues of pink and blue.
7:10 a.m. …. A solo paddleboarder glides northward across the inner harbor, toward Bowen’s wharf.
Morning sunlight hits the top of the 400-ft-tall Claiborne Pell Bridge.
7:20 a.m …. A fishing boat glides south, then turns west between Newport Harbor island and Fort Adams;
then passing Fort Adams, turns south again toward the open sea.
7:25 a.m. …. Fort Adams & houses on Aquidneck Island catching direct warm light of the rising sun
7:40 a.m. …. The outside air temp is 26f while the temp back home is 16f
8:15 a.m. …. Coffee & peach-raspberry scone
8:40 a.m. …. Walking through a residential neighborhood, a pair of DPW workers fill a pothole with asphalt