Thursday, August 19, 2010

Home Alone

Voltaire's sister migrated to Australia when she was barely out of her teens. She did so well that, soon after, brother Romeo followed suit. One by one they left - - Garry next, and Willy finally. Mom also migrated. All of them are now citizens of the land down under.

At some point, everyone was convincing him to join the re-settled family. That it would be simple, and approval was guaranteed as the "last remaining family member".  He decided to stay and was quite happy visiting them every so often. Christmases become heat-wave Christmases, with images of Santa on the beach. Some trips happened when snow still capped the ski resort of Thredbo. Voltaire tried to learn to ski, the operative word being "strived". He just fell all over the snow covered plains and made do with toboggans. 

Left on his own, he converted the family house into a bachelor's pad. The floors were done in black and white. Furniture followed the new theme. Sleek, and appropriate for a guy living alone.

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