He walked in the door with good news. I didn’t know how to respond other than to question the weight of it. When Max came home from school, he stayed with Markus and I went down to the rink. The land cuts into a V held on either side by snow. I walked down the path and skated on top of ice. A bird flitted by then a plane. It was close to sunset and the whole place filled with shadow and light. I could have stayed until the stars shone, but left after the cold set in.
