Those afternoons are worth an entire life. Come here. Seat beside me. I’m not tired at all. Let’s have a toast to our sons. Months of hard work will come for them too. We’ll wake up at dawn. You’ll be the first. We have sold everything we produced this year. The new machines help. Take a break and watch. The earth has changed my hands. The wrinkles on my forehead seem to be rows of our vineyard and your smile a bank of the Vjosa. Let’s listen to our sons. Leave some free chairs. Someone could come and bring more cheer.

Shkëlqim, Bejko Winery, Piskovë