PREVIOUSLY . . .

My father:

he’s back!

for now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face

Dear Julia turned 30 and threw a big party at her place in Wedding . . . and of course Elina and I were there to lend our combined celebrity.

i mean . . . honestly though!

. . . he seemed to hear in his own true heart the measureless sobbing that stole out of the centre of the serenity around.

—moby-dick

(starbuck upon observing ahab’s hidden sorrow and loneliness . . . yeah dude . . .)

classic elina