“I’m going to try out for the Olympic swim team,” I told my friend Kelly, bragging about the progress I have made in my recent efforts to get in shape by swimming. She laughed, appropriately. No way would I ever be qualified for any kind of Olympic team, much less the swimming one. “I think […] Read more
As I walked into the three and a half foot water, I shivered just a bit. Though the salt-water pool is heated, it’s not exactly the temperature of my body. I was heading to the center lane, so I dropped beneath the surface of the water, propelled myself under the lane marker, then came up […] Read more
I’ve been swimming three times in the past week. Big deal, you might be saying. It IS summer after all. But it’s just Thursday, I’ve been working 10 hour days, and I don’t actually belong to a neighborhood pool. And did I mention that I sunburn easily? For me to go swimming three times in […] Read more
With a heat wave leveling the Midwest, I couldn’t resist getting Tilly her own swimming pool. And of course, she LOVES it! Read more
