May 2011
5 posts
Suggestions for counting laps in the pool (Rhyming...
Twenty-five. Rev up for the drive!
Done with fifty, pretty nifty.
Seventy-five, now back to the hive. [back to the first wall to claim the full 100 yards]
Done one hun, but you’ve just begun.
Two-fifty, keep the breaths thrifty.
Three hun — y’all, don’t poke fun.
Three-seventy-five and you’re still alive.
That was four hundred! Showin’ up those who wondered.
Arr, five hundred! This pool be...
Teach me the ways of good works
What do you think are the best causes to support, and why are they important?
There are many good works to choose from. Do you help people far away, people who are close, future people, little people, suffering people…?
I have been dipping a toe into the sea of good works (by giving small amounts to organizations or friends’ pledge drives) and now wonder where to devote more time or...
Swim Report, 1 Year
Above: the start of the Lake Berryessa 1-mile open water race, where I’ll be swimming in 3 weeks.
Let’s face it: the first time you get excited about something is possibly the most excited you’ll ever feel about it. The rush of the new is a peak that’s hard to match. So I’d like to take this moment to capture my feelings about today marking 1 year since I started...
