April 9, 2006:

Tattoos, each the symbolic name of an island: Aotearoa, Oahu, Kauai, Tahiti, Moorea, Huahine, Raiatea, Bora Bora. Circling like a serpent, or a chain, one following the next, in order, around a thin ankle, now sun-bronzed, now pale, varying with the seasons of life's events.