Teaching An Old Dog, Er, Old Tricks

WARNING:  THIS POST CONTAINS SELF-INDULGENT BALLET DRIVEL.
Dancers are obsessed with bodies, especially their own.  And even though I have not been a dancer dancer for some time now, I still dance in front of my young students in their ballet classes (and wall-to-wall mirrors) five and sometimes six days a week; I am keenly aware [...]

Healing and Renewal

Sunday morning, 10:00; partly cloudy skies overhead, air temperature in the 80s, and water at 86. I stretch the swim cap over my head, press the goggles onto my face, and ease in. The first length is cold; when I reach the deep end of the pool, my legs stir up thousands of [...]