(I somehow lost my post in the middle of reviewing it--sorry if this ends up posted twice! Now let's see if I can remember what I wrote.)
I was talking with a friend about swimming and she said she started "swimming for life" x number of years ago. I got the sense that she meant that it was more than a good workout--it kept her "alive." I have to admit that it has that kind of effect for me, too. At the risk of sounding too new-agey, it's nourishing in more than a physical sense.
What does swimming mean to you? How does that compare to other sports or activities you do? How does that meaning influence your goals and performance?
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Since I am not nearly as computer savvy as some of the other patrons of this site (such as Ande Raz for example), I simply created a yahoo group titled "The Meaning of Swimming" to supply the link to the file containing an electronic copy of the poetry book Kyra put together for us. It's really a wonderful book with very nice graphics included. When you get to the site, you can either follow the instructions there to access the book or simply click on "Files" from the left-hand site menu to access a link to the book. Beware Kyra.....I had to re-format the book into a word document in order to upload it onto the site....For some reason it wouldn't upload correctly as a PDF file. So the pages of the book are actually individually inserted JPEGS into a word document now.....the result of this is that a white border now appears around each individual page of the book (where no white border appears in the original PDF file you sent me via e-mail).....It's the best I can do with my limitted computer skills....please forgive!
Here's the link to the site where the book is now stored:
groups.yahoo.com/.../
Enjoy
Newmastersswimmer
p.s. I will try to leave a copy of this link in the guestbook of young Marin Morrison too so that she might also be able to enjoy it while she is recovering. According to her website, she is supposedly recovering pretty well considering all that she has been through.
Since I am not nearly as computer savvy as some of the other patrons of this site (such as Ande Raz for example), I simply created a yahoo group titled "The Meaning of Swimming" to supply the link to the file containing an electronic copy of the poetry book Kyra put together for us. It's really a wonderful book with very nice graphics included. When you get to the site, you can either follow the instructions there to access the book or simply click on "Files" from the left-hand site menu to access a link to the book. Beware Kyra.....I had to re-format the book into a word document in order to upload it onto the site....For some reason it wouldn't upload correctly as a PDF file. So the pages of the book are actually individually inserted JPEGS into a word document now.....the result of this is that a white border now appears around each individual page of the book (where no white border appears in the original PDF file you sent me via e-mail).....It's the best I can do with my limitted computer skills....please forgive!
Here's the link to the site where the book is now stored:
groups.yahoo.com/.../
Enjoy
Newmastersswimmer
p.s. I will try to leave a copy of this link in the guestbook of young Marin Morrison too so that she might also be able to enjoy it while she is recovering. According to her website, she is supposedly recovering pretty well considering all that she has been through.
