Riding the nostalgia wave

August 12, 2022 — 3:52pm

Interstate to help his dad downsize, David found his old tape deck, high school essays, love letters from girlfriends past.

He felt echoes of old feelings.

Nightly, he had TV dinners with his father, then went for beers with old mates who’d stayed put.

They found their old groove. On sunny mornings, he took his old surfboard to the beach. Riding the swell beyond the breakers, he scanned the distant escarpment and its timeless profile.

In the moments he managed to catch a wave, he all but forgot the passing of decades, and his life and family, thousands of kilometres away.

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