June in Vancouver was different from June on the Oregon coast.
Not better or worse, just the particular version of June that the city produced, the mountains visible from certain angles and the water close and the particular quality of light that northern June has, long and clear, the sun taking its time about setting.
Callum married Petra on a Saturday in the garden of a house they had bought together in the fall, an older house that Petra had assessed for structural integrity and Callum had assessed for architectural character and both of them had agreed on for the reason that it was theirs.
The garden was full of people from both their lives, an abundance of warmth and noise and the particular energy of a gathering that is genuinely happy rather than performing happiness, which is on
