Mark Taylor

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Daily story, April 14, 2025

He rowed out to the island, then shoved the boat back out onto the lake. It drifted along the shore for a bit, threatening to run aground, but eventually it floated off. He supposed the hire company would recover it. He picked his way into the wood to begin his hermitage. A nice young couple were picnicking there. They insisted on taking him home.