While things heat up here, I give you this blue-hued break to douse the flames and give soothing relief. This may very well have been my last swim of the year, though I’m still holding out for a stretch of warm days to inspire Andy into kicking on the heater for one last romp in the water. We shall see. For now, this is a respite for the slow burn this site is going to be taking from here through the holidays.
Water and fire will come together in a long-lost project that will be posted next month, so this post and the one before it, as well as the one coming up tonight, make a lovely lead-in to such a juxtaposition.
A little soul-searching and a little swimming – such was how the summer was largely spent. We shift away from the pool to the inner-sanctuary of home as the nights grow colder and the days dimmer. There will be other methods of relief then, different ways to metaphorically cool down when the fires of this site burn too hot.
“It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.” ~ Frederick Douglass
