In the mid nineteen-nineties, I was a twentysomething living in Gloucester, Massachusetts. I rented the third floor of an old Victorian on Middle Street, and although I couldn’t see Russia from my living room, I could peer over the buildings along Main Street and catch glimpses of the Atlantic Ocean. (Back then, I was convinced ... Continue reading What I think about when I am freezing my face off: thoughts from Swim Day 42
As the weather here in the northeast swerves toward fall, I start wondering what sorts of storms I'll be swimming through in the coming winter. Last year, I hit the water in late December as the tail end of blizzard twisted through eastern Massachusetts. Here is that story... You know it's going to be a tough day when you have ... Continue reading Swim Day #41: Freeze and Learn
Flashback to December 6, 2009: I am standing in the snow between Revere Beach Parkway and a shopping mall at the headwaters of Chelsea Creek. I am wondering if I will be able to finish swimming this stinky little stream now that is so suddenly and solidly winter. I stroke my way through 45, 44, and then 43 degree brackish w... Continue reading Upper Chelsea Creek in the Snow: Swim Day #40
Hey Folks, Good news: I am spending a lot more time in the water this summer than last. Although I am about 26 field reports behind, I have been tearing up the New Hampshire and Massachusetts coastlines with my old crew chief from the Columbia and Hudson Rivers, Chris Runyard. How can you follow the swim when I am not k... Continue reading Swimming Again
I was jones-ing to finish off the Mystic River today. But as we motored upriver toward the Amelia Earhart Dam in the Flagship Adventures RIB, we ran smack into one of the realities of this hyper-vigilant age: the security bubble that surrounds the huge tankers that deliver Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) to the terminal in Boston's lower My... Continue reading Swim Day #39: Battle of Chelsea Creek
How it feels to be back in the ocean
Oct 13, 2009 05:10 am
Update
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Tough Several weeks
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Summer Plans
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Boston and South
Jun 14, 2009 06:06 am
Things are Changing
May 21, 2009 05:05 am
Adapting to Challenges/Manmade Toxics in the Ocean
May 13, 2009 09:05 am
What I'm Working On This Week
Apr 27, 2009 10:04 am
A Glimpse of the Inner Workings
Apr 22, 2009 02:04 pm
A Familiar Trap
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