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Vivid Watercraft
Summer Day Camp in full swing as kids enjoy kayaking and paddle-boating while learning important water skills at the Sacramento State Aquatic Center. I couldn’t resist and added a second entry to the Weekly Photo Challenge! Vivid
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Sunday Stills: Lifeguard On Duty
For Ed’s Sunday Stills Challenge, the letter L is the theme this week. Since May is (still) National Water Safety Month, I thought I would post a photo of a LIFEGUARD. Education about water safety should be available all year round. If you want to read more about water safety, click here and here. Please feel…
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Weekend Coffee Share: The Phoenix Shall Fly
“There is freedom waiting for you, On the breezes of the sky, And you ask, ‘What if I fall?’ Oh, but my darling, what if you fly?” –Erin Hanson If you are like me, you may have spent part of your weekend at a graduation ceremony. If we were having coffee I would have handed…
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Why Inner City Kids Need Black Lifeguards
As the upcoming Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday approaches, I want to discuss the subject of leisure as it relates to race. I spent many years as the aquatics director for a large urban recreation department recruiting lifeguards from varied ethnic backgrounds. The lack of African-American lifeguards serves as a negative role-model for black youth.…
Second Wind Leisure Perspectives 