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Sharing the Waters

Posted on September 07, 2008

Hurricane Hanna meant rain and heavy, humid air on Saturday and I suggested a trip to the YMCA pool. There s a long-running association between changes in barometric pressure and Charlie having thunderstorm moments of unhappiness, of seeming unsettled and with a kind of worried, frenetic energy and expression. Just getting in the water has long proven to be a good antidote to all that unsettledness in the sky and in a certain boy, and a little exercise workout does not hurt.The pool was jam-packed when we arrived and four lanes, instead of the usual three, were marked off for lap swimm...

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