I’m trying to decide if I want to.”

He passed me my coffee.

“Then you already have more room to choose than you had last week.”

I turned the phone facedown.

We spent the morning hiking a short trail behind the inn.

The path crossed a creek over flat stepping-stones.

I took off my shoes and dipped my feet in the icy water while Marcus tried to identify birds he absolutely could not identify.

After lunch I wrote Mom a short reply.