When David Sedaris was finally able to visit his father after lockdown, he noticed something different about him. “It’s like when celebrities get face-lifts. I can see they’ve undergone a change, but I can never tell exactly what it is.”
I pick up a salmon carved out of something hard and porous, an antler maybe. It used to be in his basement office at the house. This was before he turned every room into an office, and buried himself in envelopes. “Hugh and I and Amy, we’ve each had one shot.”At first, I take this as a non sequitur. Then I realize that by “shot” he thinks we mean a shot of alcohol.“Oh, you can have a little, I guess, but it’s not easy.
He opens his hand and we see that the chocolate turtle he’s been holding has melted. Amy fetches some toilet paper from the bathroom, and he sits passively as she cleans him off. “What is it you’re wearing?” he asks. “You’re too hard on yourself, Dad,” Amy tells him. “You don’t have to do everything, you know. Maybe it’s O.K. to just relax for a change.”
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