The Here and Now

each year in the spring the people of this and neighboring villages fish to excess.

they then cut, dry, and hang the fish to preserve it for the comming seasons.

it all must be done before a very specific time in the early summer.
this, however, is not a time you can plot on a calander, or time with a stop watch.

it is the time of year when the flies lay their eggs.

if the fish is not dried by that fateful day then it will reak to high heaven.

i passed some fish houses that gave off no smell. this one, however, made me dizzy with its stench.