Polar Bear Swims

The months of September and October or March and April are the months I like to swim in ponds or the ocean. I like the chilly water and the solitude.

Don’t grow up too quickly, lest you forget how much you love the beach.
-Michelle Held

The cure for anything is salt water—sweat, tears, or the sea.
-Isak Dinesen

Why do we love the sea? It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.
-Robert Henri