Summer wish list
The pool opens today
Today I packed the pool bag! It is the most exciting thing even though it is only 59 degrees in Ohio today. Boo. Hiss.
I know this is not summer centric, but this body wash is my favorite thing right now. The scent is AMAZING. Too pricey for everyday but I am in love. I discovered it at The Siren hotel.
Summer pool hats are where it’s at.
I have had this cheap utilitarian one for 5 summers.
This is the elite sunscreen for your face.
There is no other.
Towels that last 6 summers.
Share some of yours. My friend Amy shared her awesome summer list and you should check it out. What items are on your list. They can be anything. Not just stuff. Dreams. Ideas, plans, schemes… all of it. Tell me. <3
I hope the long weekend is coming for you quickly. I hope you eat the heck out of summer 2025. I am diving in.
Here’s an old poem that I found on facebook:
Under the Surface of the City Pool
You don't exist—
you either,
or me for that matter.
I'm like a silver steam robot,
metal all wet and fast.
I'm like an animal without emotion,
just heart beating
slick like splash
in my ears,
in my chest.
And I do not worry
and I do not want.
I just pull my arms over my head
and I glide.
When you look at the bottom of the pool it isn't sad, it's beautiful. Muted color. Tiny specks. Sometimes I will pass the same dead bug a few times.
There was a piece of plastic floating in the water today by the end of lane 6. It was delicate like lace. I could not feel my goggles. They had become a part of my face.
And I break the surface and my face is a smile and I make small talk with the lifeguard who is so very brown and shiny up there in that hell hot chair. He looks at me.
I pull my body from the water and take my towel and go sit with the other mothers in the grassy area. I shake my hair and announce to everyone how nice the water is. How it feels so good.
And they would never guess all the things that I do not think about under the blue cool water of the pool in my town.
-ATS
ilysm
xo
Amy
P.S. Sometimes I like to be with someone, but not talk to them while working. I think it is called body doubling? I like this vibe. Would anyone want to write like this over zoom this summer?