A big gang of us went back to Heart’s Desire Beach in Tomales Bay today. As always with this crowd of Albany Bulb Swimmers, it feels like a celebration whenever we gather in any kind of numbers. Last time I swam here, I struggled mightily with the Moon Jellies, but eventually made a kind of… Read More Moon Jelly Madness (Day 268)
Greg, one of our lovely Albany Bulb swimmers, put out an invitation on our google group to join him for a Labor Day swim in Bolinas this morning. I was intrigued by the idea, but having never met Greg, I didn’t think I would go. Then, yesterday, I found out Rosemary was going. I want… Read More Bolinas (Day 248)
As the heat began to descend on Berkeley this morning I escaped to Marin where several of the Albany Bulb swimmers were meeting for Caz’s birthday swim at Heart’s Desire beach on Tomales Bay. It was a perfect morning, impossibly blue sky and clear water. The beach was still pretty quiet when we arrived and… Read More Moon Jellies (Day 246)
It was a blue sky and fluffy white clouds day today. The wind came in strong yesterday afternoon and blew away the remaining muck, leaving the air crystal clear. Kevin and I drove over to Sausalito to check out Swede Beach, which was on Colleen’s list of possible swim destinations. Otherwise, I never would have… Read More Sausalito (Day 64)
When we first moved back to California from Montreal Eliza and Hazel were six and three. It was a hopeful, happy time: Obama was poised to become president, Kevin was starting a new company, I was about to publish my first book (Living Green with Laura Mamo), and we couldn’t believe our luck to have… Read More Paradise Cove, Tiburon (Day 37)
When I was in first or second grade, my class took a field trip to an Albertson’s grocery store. It was the very same Albertson’s I’d shopped at a hundred times with my dad and brother, but to go with my classmates cast it in a whole new light; it was special and strange; the… Read More Heart’s Desire (Day 23)