Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Swimming in the Time of Covid

I Haven't.

Not yet.

Not the Y, because why?  There are too many germs, everywhere. Even on the good days, I don't believe I could be inside, with strangers, with fans, breathing deeply when I can. Showering-just touching the handles.  Doing all of that, inhaling the moist air. I'm amazed I survived this far.

And not yet at Walden, because everyday is assumed to be crowded.  And everything is safer if you stay at home.

Imagine the old idea of exposing yourself to the grime of nature.  All the germs from things not human.

And even now, the idea of being exposed to germs to develop an immunity-or all the other germs we expose ourselves to-the little germs-the things that keep us healthy. 

Submerging yourself in a medium where you are no longer protected.