In 1513, Ponce de León landed on the coast of Florida near modern-day St. Augustine during his storied search for the Fountain of Youth. His quest was violent and exploitative, not unlike many early explorers' searches for wealth, power and immortality. Ponce de León never did find the Fountain of Youth in Florida--despite what the … Continue reading The Fountain of Youth
Dear Kerry
Dear Kerry, I’m writing this to you as I make my way back home after the conclusion of our last winter camp together in San Diego. Three months have flown by, and the 2016 NSR is done. I haven’t been sure how to really craft an end to our time in the pair together, because … Continue reading Dear Kerry
In to the Unknown
It's the night before our heat at the 2015 World Championships. As I wrote in my last post, I'm back in the women's quad for this year's Worlds, and this is going to be my fifth season in this event. I've taken a lot of strokes in the women's quad, starting way back in 2007 when … Continue reading In to the Unknown
The Greyhound and the Rabbit
It seems like this blog is getting more and more difficult to write. If there was something that could top the last entry I wrote way back in April, this is probably it. Looking back, I think writing what I did about losing the NSR was a lot about acceptance and moving on from a … Continue reading The Greyhound and the Rabbit
The Truth About my Bank Accounts
When I first started thinking about how to talk about my financial situation in a public forum like my blog, one of my teammates just laughed and said, "Ok, just make sure you don't end up sounding like LoLo Jones!" (Jones earned a thumbs-down from the Internet and from her NGB for publicly complaining about her … Continue reading The Truth About my Bank Accounts
The Last Unicorn
When I was very young, there was only ever one thing that I wanted in the VCR: a 1982 animated film adapted from the book by Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn. My family never actually owned a copy of it, but we may as well have purchased the local library's copy for how often … Continue reading The Last Unicorn
Megan Kalmoe, OLY 