Woke up this morning and immediately slipped into my red, white, and blue Speedo – the style Mark Spitz wore in the 1972 Olympic Games. Pulled on my whale blue cap with “USA” red and white letters on both sides. Went to the waiting room, a SwimSwam towel dangling around my neck, staring straight ahead […]
There’s a beautiful, American, patriotic, and down-to-earth song called “Hometown” by Bruce Springsteen. If you’ve ever heard it, you’ll know exactly what I mean. It takes you right back to where you grew up, wherever that was, to what it looked like, what you did there as a kid, how it made you feel. Treat […]