Day 129. Monday. June 8. 3 × 43. The binary palindrome: 10000001

Interior of a small stone cottage on a MONDAY in early June — the day of THE PENULTIMATE. The creature at Day 129 = 3 × 43, the semiprime, the binary palindrome 10000001. Four marks in row twenty-six — the penultimate configuration, one mark from the diagonal. Everything approaching: the mug one day from renewal, the ceiling-circle one day from minimum, Monday one day past the weekend. The creature at the cusp of multiple closures, arriving at none of them yet. Approach. Continue.