Swimming
Morning Swim The early morning clouds and fog are burning off. Peg is swimming back to the cottage, she is a very strong swimmer, much more at home in the water than I. I get up from the deck chair, gather her beach towel and walk to the end of the deck. Peg strides confidently out of the water and up the stairs to meet me. I hold the towel out and wrap it around her. Her body might be cold but her lips are warm, we kiss. I hold her firmly in an extended embrace. “I’m going i