June 22^nd, 9:55pm

Relatively calm day today.  Relatively.  Morning beach cleanup, and ate heart of palm right out of the younger felled trees.  Then in a refreshing downpour, we went to Luisa’s house and helped to garden, planting sweet potato cuttings in the soft, sandy soil.  Back at the lodge, the rain is hard (rain showers!) and the wind picks up.  The science team left for Asor at about 1pm, and it’s growing dark without any sign of them.  At last, their boat comes in and we can have dinner as usual with Nicole, Giacomo, and Michelle – Peter and Avigdore can’t join in until they finish their nightly coral survey, using UV lights in the dark to see where pinprick clusters of coral larvae have successfully settled onto the reef.  There is brilliant thunder and lightning during dinner!  It's far off, over the ocean, lighting up the inky sky.  Just before bed, I help Nicole and Giacomo process Montipera fragment samples.