Absent

absentI’m not there - I’m in England this week, leaving an entirely masculine household, Aldo, the boys, and my brother. I’m not sure what they’re all up to, (this is a nostalgic photograph of Christmas) but I gather that it includes a lot of eating, drinking, and mad journeys on icy roads. I call in occasionally asking teenagers to be sensible (”you’ve said sensible at least five times now”, one of them told me) and wondering if the adults could try as well…


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