Tag penny-shrine 2 pages carry this tag. Low WaterThe night of the year's lowest tide, when the old courses of the Penny Shrine stand dry and Venturia goes down to the water to ask. The Penny ShrineA shrine to no particular deity, wedged between Harbor District warehouses — centuries of accumulated offerings from sailors and desperate people, tended by a keeper who carefully avoids making any claims about whether the prayers are heard. All tags →