Archive - Words & Water

From JAWS to Joy

A Shark Movie, my Marine Biology Dream, and the Writer & Swimmer I Became

Jul 19 •

Frozen Tits: The Wisdom of Winter Swimming

Why I spent the winter of my 60th year swimming in really cold water

Jul 5 •

April 2025

The Grandfather of the World

Pope Francis was more than the head of the globe's 1.4 billion catholics

Apr 21 •

March 2025

American Catholic Dissonance

Catholics are the new power religion. What would Jesus do?

Mar 27 •

January 2025

Tales From the Big 6-0 #1: My Magical History Tour of San Francisco

In Which I Turn Sixty and My Substack Turns One

Jan 8 •

December 2024

The Grief Ghosts of December

Writing is alchemy to transform loss and commemorate love

Dec 15, 2024 •

November 2024

The Thanksgiving Craft You Can Eat

Nov 26, 2024 •

My Inner Critic in Open Water

Is Swimming a Catalina Channel Relay Enough?

Nov 8, 2024 •

September 2024

Tomato Season with Italians

How "Pino’s Pasta" became a family classic

Sep 27, 2024 •

My Substack Summer

What I read in Summer 2024

Sep 20, 2024

August 2024

Requiem for Toby the Basset Hound

And Reflections on the gifts of an old dog

Aug 23, 2024 •

June 2024

Daddy's Bedtime Story

Or The Bunny Rabbit Who Wanted to be a Turd

Jun 14, 2024 •

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