Up until the age of nine, I was a fish; that is, I loved to swim. I took to it easily, whether splashing in a summer creek or in swimming lessons at the YMCA. I wanted to be a scuba diver like my father. I wanted to be a marine biologist. All of that seemed achievable, until one summer I sprang off the diving board to touch the bottom of the pool twelve feet below, and a weird
Winding Down, Winding Up
Winding Down, Winding Up
Winding Down, Winding Up
Up until the age of nine, I was a fish; that is, I loved to swim. I took to it easily, whether splashing in a summer creek or in swimming lessons at the YMCA. I wanted to be a scuba diver like my father. I wanted to be a marine biologist. All of that seemed achievable, until one summer I sprang off the diving board to touch the bottom of the pool twelve feet below, and a weird