Near the water surface, Mayflower hunted for larger prey in the form of borks. Pagothenia borchgrevinki bork, for short—are buggy-eyed, dark-spotted fish with a Mohawk ridge of fins along the top. They live among the ice crystals formed by the platelet ice, hiding just below the frozen surface of the sea in -3°C (27°F) water.

But I am not the penniless nonentity I was when we first met; I can offer an honorable if not a brilliant marriage; and at the very lowest I can provide my wife – my widow, my relict – with a decent competence, an assured future.

Benny Green Trio (through Saturday) The pianist Benny Green is an astute pupil of the hardbop tradition, as he reconfirms on his fine new album, “Live in Santa Cruz.”

I can't believe you left the lawnmower out in the open when you knew it was going to rain this afternoon!