Self isolation or normal life

Self isolation or normal life

When I was young I would quite often fetch a chair, a book, a drink, a snack and some music on my trusty tape recorder. My Mum would glance wryly in my direction and say, Youre having a party, arent you? And I would agree, pleased with myself, and pleased also that I didnt have to excuse my seeming passivity. It was never part of my plan to examine why? Why was I having a party for one?

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