A very positive outcome of this temperature blanket I’m crocheting is the way it motivates me to swim every day again. I swam a lot in 2023, but it was remarkable how quickly my daily habit from the year before fell away once I didn’t “have” to do it. It feels good to be getting… Read More January in Victoria
Both of my daughters have Covid. Eliza got it first and when Hazel and I remained negative, I thought maybe (optimistically? stupidly?) it was a false positive. But when Hazel woke up sick this morning, all magical thinking disintegrated. We went for a Covid test in Medford (we stayed in Ashland last night) and Hazel’s… Read More Lake Siskiyou #3 (Day 98)
What a crazy beautiful swim I had today. Hazel and I set off on a road trip that will ultimately take us to Vancouver, but today we were destined for Portland. It’s a long slog and I knew from doing it in the opposite direction a couple of months ago, that the very best thing… Read More Lake Siskiyou #2 (Day 91)
Happy year of the Water Tiger! I’m feeling pretty chuffed that I’ve now gone a full month of swimming every day. It seems somehow appropriate that today’s swim was truly peak commitment to this goal. I drove 627 miles from my beautiful niece’s house in Portland back home to Berkeley and I still managed to… Read More Lake Siskiyou (Day 32)