So I did my usual run around the
lake today and I could not help but notice how hot it was for being fall in
Sweden. For some reason there was a break in the cool down, and since I had not
run into a single soul the whole workout I took advantage of the opportunity
that you see in the photo; I went for a swim.
I grew up swimming in the Pacific
Ocean on a beach right down the street from my house. I think that this was
when water became such calming element for me. I never thought I could live so
far away from the ocean as I do now. And even though I do miss the sound of the
tides moving in and out on top on the sand, I have found almost equal,
however different qualities in my experiences with life on the lake. The
stillness of the water while you are swimming in a lake gives the body a
different weightlessness that it has when you are struggling to stay above
water in the oceans ever-changing surf. The other thing about this particular
lake is that it has a particular algae that does great things for my skin. When
you get out of the lake it feels like your whole body just got a facial.
I think if the weather was nice
enough I could take a swim in the lake every day until it freezes over, which
will happen soon enough.
