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Got a strange phone call last night from my youngest brother Macsen. The wedding invitation found him (miracle #1) and he thinks he'll be able to come (miracle #2) without any financial help from me (miracle #3). (Yes, I did offer. Macsen's idea of a savings account is having more than five euro left over after a pub crawl.) The strange part was, though, that he didn't sound particularly happy about any of it, though he wouldn't actually say anything about it. Nothing's wrong, he says. Congratulations, he says.

I keep telling myself it's nothing, but the problem is I know Macsen well enough to know when all's not well, and I know all's not well. But all he'll say is don't worry, everything's fine, see you in October.

I called Euan after Macsen rang off and asked if they'd talked recently, and he said aside from a birthday card for Rhodri (miracle #4--Macsen never remembers birthdays), no, he hasn't.

I don't know what to think about all this.

And I need to figure out a birthday present for a one-year-old. Party this weekend. The idea of watching Lorne play with my nephew is adorable beyond words, so I'm trying to focus on that.