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Marina Endicott's avatar

Noon swimming again in the George Ward pool in Saskatoon, an old outdoor community pool: turquoise rectangle in a grey ground, chain link fence, empty prairie sky blazing overhead. Concession stand closed since Covid, so it’s quiet and only smells of chlorine. Mysteriously perfect.

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Lisa Noble's avatar

We are losing so many of our small town outdoor pools in Ontario. Too expensive to repair, way too expensive to rebuild. It's heartbreaking.

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Lisa Noble's avatar

So with you on this. No pina coladas here, either. Give me sky forever and lots of bracing water!

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Kathryn Warren's avatar

What, no piña colada?!

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Kemmer's avatar

It's always so lovely to visit a sympathetic landscape!

("An Exact Replica" was such a beautiful and important book. I'm still recommending it, all these years later.)

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Joanell Serra's avatar

I love swimming in all types of waters. Northern California swims always shock the system, in a good way. But I’ll take a Pina colada afterwards… and Hawaii never disappoints either!

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Dian Parker's avatar

YES!

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Jay Borden's avatar

I swam for the first time in a long while, invited by my daughter to do a few laps across Lawson's Quarry on Vinalhaven. Not tropical. Honored to be invited.

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Judy Johnson's avatar

I don't swim, but I miss my Florida beaches--one had a long walk out to the ocean, as pictured there. Thanks for reminding me. I'm glad you can redeem that sad time.

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