CHAPTER 54
THE SAFE ANCHORAGE Gift Shop surpassed Katrina’s expectations to the same degree Rachmaninoff’s piano concerto surpassed Chopsticks. The items in the boutique were as artistic and creative as anything Katrina had seen in Southern California but were sold at half the cost. If she ever started to feel homesick, she could come here.
Colorful earrings made of intricately blown glass beads. Necklaces exquisitely carved from bone or shell. Goat-milk lotions, skin creams, and other health products in packages that were themselves miniature artistic masterpieces.
The graceful hues and subtle scents were like food to Katrina’s soul. The paintings on the wall, each one of them originals for sale, ranged from purely abstract splashes of color to realistic pet portrayals or impressionist
