(06/15/1999) Evelyn  and I were in the darkroom. There was a very complicated process for processing film. The first part was the regular way. Then the part took several weeks. The film strip was very long. About 30 feet. After processing it you had to swim underwater to the island (1/2 mile there, 1/2 mile back = 1 mile total); and the man was there trying to rent out lifejackets--which were not necessary or even practical, because you had to swim underwater to process the film. Then when you got back the reverse negative printing took place. return from swimming 1 mile underwater with negatives held anchored in mouth. 2. heat water until steam and bubbles come up and the water boils out; salt crystals will have formed all over the scorched but not burned pot; attach 33 gallon black trash bag to enlarger between light source and easel. You are now ready to begin printing the reverse negative full size prints. Exposure time: 2 weeks. It was time to go, William said and Evelyn was waiting the 2 weeks for her paper to expose. Since she was still working, I dumped out my empty oatmeal box full of crayons and searched frantically for 'periwinkle blue.' Some crayons were broken. Some were not. I found cobalt blue but it wasn't the same. They had changed the color names to be politically correct.