23. Benches
The minute the sun comes out benches around Haarlem fill with friends sharing a bottle or two of wine, a small picnic spread between them.
I take a book down to the riverside and grab a spot next to two ladies doing just this. It’s 4pm on a Thursday. They’re a bottle in and radiate joy.
A father and son pull up to our scene in an inflatable kayak. A young man suddenly appears and gets into the boat. Then they paddle away.