The sequence

Neatline. River. Keep or refuse.

Tova watches a handful of balls into a tray we keep honest with Columbia fines, not with a mat that never met Esther Short dew.

The neatline is inked first. Then we name the hours you actually play: Esther Short dawn, Fruit Valley east wind, or Burnt Bridge shade. After that the contour is kept, a meander is recut, or a costume letter is refused. We do not "take a little off both edges" so nobody feels corrected.

When the player, not the contour, is the variable, Rudi writes a coaching note in the legend and the pen stops. Cartographers do not teach entry. Cartographers keep quads from catching silt.