Angie and I were at the Albany Bulb before light this morning. At just after 6 we weren’t even the first ones in the water. It was a magical feeling being down at the water so early in the morning, one I haven’t experienced in a long time. The air felt strangely warm, but the… Read More Swimming in the Dark (Day 286)
I woke up at five this morning and wasn’t able to get back to sleep. Or maybe I would have been able to, but before I managed it, I had the thought that I’ve yet to do a sunrise swim and wouldn’t this be a great opportunity? Once the thought was there, I couldn’t put… Read More Lac Louisa Sunrise (Day 215)
Sheila and I met at 5:30 for a sunrise swim this morning. It’s remarkable how bright it already is at that time. Even more remarkable was the wild windy surf. It was a different world from yesterday’s tranquil glass. It’s no wonder I never grow tired of swimming here. The waves pitched and pulled me… Read More Sunrise and Waves (Day 173)
When I woke up soon after five this morning, I really wished I was still asleep. We started fostering kittens last night and in the excitement of that and Hazel’s late night homework, I didn’t get to sleep as early as I wanted. So, while I had it in the back of my mind that… Read More Dawn Patrol (Day 144)
Last night was the super flower blood moon lunar eclipse. I had lots of good intentions and even several plans to go and view the eclipse from the water, all of which unraveled as clouds gathered; as 9:00 started to seem really late; as the full weight of a busy weekend had me changing into… Read More Super Full Flower Moonset (Day 136)
I swam early today with Angie, Arwen, and Sheila, my original wild swimming salty sea sisters. It’s unusual for us to all manage an early morning on the same day and it felt like a celebration. Not the least because the bay was in full splendor when we arrived. Tangerine and pink skies, layers of… Read More Tangerine Morning (Day 131)
After a busy weekend at the Bay Area Book Festival, I was ready to sleep in this morning. I purposefully made no swimming plans and thought I’d just wake up whenever I woke up and swim whenever it worked out to swim. As anyone who knows me will not be the slightest bit surprised to… Read More Coyote Morning (Day 129)
This morning I woke up early and went for a gorgeous sunrise swim with Arwen and Sheila (she’s back!) and THEN went to my Lift and Sprint class (finally). I’m in a desperate attempt to reclaim my routines after all of this road trip/COVID/endless recovering nonsense. The class felt good and it was also hard… Read More Doing All The Things (Day 122)
People often assume that because I swim every day I must be a good swimmer. I am not. I am a slow swimmer with passable form. I can’t remember taking swimming lessons, though I’m sure that I did. I spent lots of time in pools, lakes, and the ocean growing up and it seems like… Read More Slow (Day 118)
Early mornings are for the birds. The sanderlings foraging in the sand until they rise up in unison and swoop into the sky, first one direction and then the next; white wings catching the early morning light. A squadron of pelicans hunting, scoping, focused on the water and then hovering before falling into a dive… Read More For the Birds (Day 113)