When the cold sets in and I need to dig out memories to warm my soul, I often go here – to the water in summer – where (as they say in the song) living is easy, fish are jumping, and the cotton is high…

The memory of the feeling of total comfort that I have when my body is totally submersed in balmy water helps me get through winter. It helps me relax, it helps me remember that soon there is another summer…

Photo by Vasco Pinhol