A birthday wish.

Dear family and friends,

Later this month it’s my birthday. I’ll be 33, like a long-playing
record, or the temperate at which water boils. Or, interestingly (/uninterestingly),
the one age I’m likely to share with Sgt Pepper. (In cat years, like. I’m not
4. Just to clarify.)



Anyway, yes, birthday. There was only one thing I wanted for my
birthday: to make it there. And, provided I can