Volume 4 Issue 5
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a. Swimming Propellers: History of Swim Fins b. Anticipare: Meditation On Morning Motions c. Salty Fins: Mike Sullivan d. Purple Blob Report: Winter 2013/2014 e. Ode to Water
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Sully stands tall with eyes weathered by years of sand and salt water. Like a captain permitting passage, he ushers me across Highway 1 down a sandy path to the ocean. It’s 11 a.m. and the breeze has grown into a true onshore wind. He waited loyally for almost an hour while my cell phone…
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The winter of 2013/2014 is already historic. Bitter, record-breaking cold and snow seized much of the Eastern USA as the “Polar Vortex” dipped south. Sunny skies have California bracing for drought repercussions. XXL after XXL storm churned across the North Atlantic and pounded Europe. They’re calling it one of the best seasons in hypothermic New…
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Swim fins are the tools of our passion. We wear them for hours at a time. We often have bloody holes in our feet from the incessant rubbing. Wounds that constantly remind us of recent pumping swell. Fins make land travel difficult and often humorous, but when we enter the water, swim fins instantly transform…
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Hydrogen, most abundant, formed in the Big Bang. Oxygen fused in stars. Two hydrogen atoms covalently bound to a single oxygen atom. H2O Dihydrogen Monoxide Water Unique amongst all chemicals in the Universe. H’s are charged positive, while O is negative. Hydrogen bonds. H of one molecule is attracted to the O’s of a different…
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I stir 30 minutes before my alarm screams, Rachel silently approves. Quiet mornings are at a premium for the surf-widow. All night I’ve been out of breath, dodging bombs, choosing spots. Every night at the canyonized beach-break, the canonized beach-break, feet still stinging from the long walk down the Goat Trail. Pupils stretched, searching for…
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