Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Winter break

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Siobhan Connally’s Ittybits & Pieces: Winter break

“Hi, Mrs. Connally … ” A newly tall, tow-headed boy … one of my son’s best friends … had caught sight of me on the track apron. He noticed I had been failing in all attempts to summon my son from a jogging distance at the edge of a lane. I had wanted him to come and collect a cartoon-sized vacuum flask that I had just purchased and filled with ice water to solve the recurring problem of him collapsing into an overheated puddle in the passenger s…