An Impingement on my Swimming
Why I stopped swimming and how come I’m back in the water again. It all has to do with developing and overcoming an impingement.
swimming
In the swim with Dr Sacks – kind of a review
Dr Sacks is Oliver Sacks. This is a review of Oliver Sacks’ autobiography, On the Move. The focus is on his writing process, his swimming and a highly speculative meeting between Dr Sacks & John Cleese.
Swimming – now and then and in between
In which we consider swimming as exercise and therapy and a try to remember learning to swim as well as exploring swimming at Piscine de Longchamp in Uccle.
The pleasures of a morning swim
There’s something glorious about swimming, especially when you’re not in competition and when you have a blessedly free sauna to relax in afterwards.
Ten Letters for swimmers – swimming the alphabet
Ten letters for swimmers. Iin a public swimmingpool swimmers tend to swim lengths as if they are cutting letters into the water.
Water salamander – salamanders just wanna have fun
Collage of six photos of a water salamander swimming just below the surface of the water in a green pond.
Ten Things in a Public Swimmingpool
Ten things that can upset your pleasure when you are swimming in a public swimmingpool.
Swimming alone
I thought today about swimming alone in an empty pool. That time in Finland when I found myself / alone at the baths in Kouvola and was able to swim back and forth completely without anyone else to take account of.
Learning to swim
In the baths today, swimming my 40 lengths, I was trying to remember learning to swim, but the memory’s lost somewhere in the chlorine haze.
Rollercoaster
A rollercoaster of a day for TheSupercargo. Swimming, NTLive’s broadcast of Alan Bennet’s The Habit of Art, a major computer failure, and resolution.