My Sister Texted That 47 People Were Coming to My Beach House for Four Days and Told Me to Stock the Fridge

us, for a long weekend. Milo brought her sketchbooks and three different kinds of sunscreen and her noise-canceling headphones. Ethan brought the good coffee and the paperback novels he never quite finishes. I brought nothing except the willingness to be somewhere without anything being required of me.

We sat on the back deck in the morning while pelicans continue reading …