A Cold then Flu and then Allergies Despite having a flu shot in 2018, I contracted the flu late in the season. After I spent 3 days in bed, hallucinating…
A week of R&R and Swimming in Sedona, Arizona Arriving for a week of rest and relaxation at a timeshare resort just outside of Sedona, I immediately checked out their…
Swimming in the ocean can conjure up fears, including drowning and sharks. Movies like Jaws (1975) and the media are partly responsible for stoking fears of sharks. While I am…
Five Miles in Cold Water To swim from Robben Island to the Mainland, it is either about 4 or 7 miles (depending if Bouberg Beach or Three Anchor Bay is…
Apartheid South Africa I grew up in Cape Town, South Africa in the 1970’s. My view of the world was skewed by the pariah status of apartheid South Africa among…
From Land to the Sea According to Darwin’s theory of evolution, life first began in the sea and eventually made its way to land. This means that at some point…
I took up swimming after too many pulled muscles running A few years ago as a way to stay healthy after too many pulled muscles as a competitive Masters track and…
Growing up in Sea Point, a suburb of Cape Town, I would often look towards Robben Island and wondered what was going on there. Like Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay,…