At my 50th birthday swim celebration, a beaming light of a woman I’d never met before handed me a homemade crown. It was delightfully decorated and personalized and if it surprised me that a stranger would make me a 50th birthday crown, five minutes into knowing Edy, it wasn’t a surprise at all. She radiates… Read More Celebrating Edy (Day 264)
Colleen and I met for a 7:00 AM swim at the bulb in order to beat the rain, or rather, the runoff of pollution from the streets into the bay that occurs with the first rain. It was supposed to start raining around 6 and we figured if we got in by 7 we’d be… Read More Rainbows and Pelicans (Day 261)
Back to my home waters this morning and it felt great. I’ve been on a backpacking trip for the last three days swimming naked in gorgeous lakes (blog posts to come). It was an incredible trip, but even as I swim in waters more beautiful than the Albany Bulb, the San Francisco Bay feels like… Read More Home Again (Day 159)
I met Colleen and Angie for a 6 am swim this morning. Normally, such an early hour would mean swimming through a spectacular sunrise, but dawn comes so much earlier these days. Anyway, it wouldn’t have mattered what time we arrived because thick clouds and fog hung over the hills. All was quiet and calm… Read More Pelican Therapy (Day 126)