Agnes by Tony Cochran for August 02, 2024

“Just because you have failed so far Trout does not mean you will not eventually succeed.”

Ugh! Trout, just drag Agnes up the ladder and toss her off the board! Done! (Oops! Tossed her too hard; she landed on the pavement!)

The skyline changed. It was all modern and nice, and then reality set in.

There’s a minor problem — the height.

My parents signed me up for swimming lessons at age 8. I’m far from athletic or coordinated, and I just wasn’t getting it. The last day we were required to jump off the high dive, I couldn’t do it, the instructor came up and threw me off. He then had to jump in and pull me out, since still couldn’t swim. I’ve been afraid of water ever since.

I’ll never forget Fleishacker pool in SF. Jumping into a salt water pool was like hitting a concrete wall. Forget about diving in.

That’s only 6 kinds of coercion. Try flattery, although it is somewhat like encouragement. :)

Look around you. What a dive.

Sometimes we need to be mercilessly nagged to overcome our fears.

Can we start with Reese’s?? :)

i can’t swim, i’m afraid of water, and i have been thrown in the pool three times by people who don’t believe me – i was either drowned for being a witch or was on the titanic