It was an odd request, but she had always been eccentric and there was no harm in entertaining it. Perhaps even some benefit.
In return she would bequeath a third of her small fortune toward the maintenance of the seawall. The annual expenditure taxed townspeople for more than they cared to pay yet had to: Without the seawall there could be no beachfront properties, boardwalk, no hospitality.
Sure, it would alter the skyline, and for some would block the light a part of each day. But protestations were outnumbered by those who prophesied how the addition would bring curiosity and with it, added revenue.
She got her lighthouse. And the lift inside to help her now-frail body reach the top. In all but the worst weather, she spent hours there each day, white hair whipping in the spray.
“Our Rapunzel,” tour-guides could be heard whispering. “Been there from times immemorial.”
For Crispina‘s Crimson’s Creative Challenge
Na'ama Yehuda 
This was magical, Na’ama! Love it so much.
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Yay!!! 🙂 Me happy that you love it! 🙂
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Me do, me do! I haven’t dissed this one yet 😉 Am working on WWP… Haven’t written in a week!
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Well, you do what you gotta do! Also, I heard you were working on increasing jaw-opening capacity in order to accommodate … um … dinner. 😉
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Haha… Not tonight. We’ll keep it simple.
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😀
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I love this story.
Wish I had the funds to make a tower so I could get a better view of the stars, without so many trees and my house and barn blocking the view.
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Ah, I hear ya! Here in the city, it is hard to see the stars because of ‘light pollution’ of so many street lights and buildings’ lights. I would LOVE a lighthouse to view the ocean from, however. In any weather (I think … ;))
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Yes, well that is a big joy of country life, when the clouds do not interfere.
I’d been watching Jupiter and Saturn all summer, but at the conjunction, it was cloudy and it was too close to sunset, and it was below my treeline. So I had to view on a virtual telescope in Italy. Betelgeuse is really beautiful now, in competition with Mars’ dimmer light than a few months ago.
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How fantastic! 🙂 Thank you for sharing this!
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Excellent. So loved it. In an age when lighthouses are replaced by radar, to imagine a new one built… yes, lovely
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🙂 I’m so glad you liked it! And … even with radar, it is always good to know there’s someone who left the light on for you during stormy nights … As for the view … I’d go for it, too!
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Definitely the view.
I note there’s a Captain’s walk on a house just back from the lighthouse. I always wanted that house, just for the view, although there are loads of modern builds at the top of the cliff
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oooooooooooooh … yeah!
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Mmmm, entirely yes.
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🙂
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