Author & Professor
As I climbed out of the swimming pool just before going into the sauna I glimpsed Jeremy entering the steam room. So I was surprised a few minutes later when he entered the sauna. This morning he wasn’t pensive. He greeted me almost immediately with, “Well, what have you been learning recently?” Caught off guard, …
Today I heard the crack of a wooden baseball bat striking a ball. It resounded within the sauna walls (there I was again) echoing from the year 1955 as Charles told me how he had acquired a baseball from the 1955 World Series, a baseball signed by 23 New York Yankees’ players and manager Casey …
If I’m lucky – and I try to be lucky – I’m in the sauna at the JCC twice a week for five delicious minutes after my mile-swim. Most times I’m alone in the sauna. One day this past week Jimmy (I learned his name later) shared the space. Have you been coming here long? …
I was alone in the sauna at the community center mid-morning several weeks ago after swimming. Then a man appearing to be in his thirties entered – Jeremy was his name, I learned later. He sat on the bench to my right in the 6 feet by 9 feet space. After a few minutes of silence …
