“The secret is roasting the vegetables,” I told him.

He raised an eyebrow.

“Wyatt said the secret was butter.”

“Wyatt thinks butter is the secret to everything.”

We chopped carrots and onions while the rain tapped the windows.

Austin told me about a music class he loved and a professor who talked too much.

He said Elaine had asked him to help design a new section of the garden center website.

Halfway through, he asked, “Did you ever imagine what Noah would grow up to be?”