20 September from 14:00-16:00 at Konstepidemin Women who swim in Göteborg, Sweden, please join American author Erika Dillman for a unique creative workshop where we will dive into the myths of the past and create something entirely new: a modern feminist water deity born from women’s experiences swimming in open water. For centuries, men have READ MORE
Category: Sacred Swims
ancestors, grief, spiritual connections
A Kingdom of Green
June 25th, 2024 Wind: from S 1.8 m/sec (4 mph); Air Temperature: 23.5 °C (74 °F): Water Temperature: 20.77 °C (69 °F) Today at the lake it was sunny, warm, and feeling very summery for 6pm on a Tuesday night. I think it was almost 80 F, but there was a breeze coming off the READ MORE
Just Keep Trying
March 29 Friday Wind:from NW 6.6 m/sec (15 mph); Air Temperature:1.3 °C (52 °F); Water Temperature:10.42 °C (51 °F) Today at the lake it was sunny, and I felt hopeful as I approached the beach because it seemed almost like a Spring day. I started off swimming south toward the boat launch. I tried swimming READ MORE
Get In No Matter What
Feb 16, 2024 Wind: from SE 6.1 m/sec (14 mph). Air Temperature: 9.1 °C (48 °F) Water Temperature: 7.55 °C (46 °F) Today at the lake it was sunny and blustery. The water was really choppy, but I was desperate to get in the lake after not exercising for five days. I’m not sure if READ MORE
Cows, Sheep, Violets
Sat sep 9 6:27pm Skaftekulla badplats Today at the lake I didn’t want to get out of the water. My host drove me to a remote lake next to a cow and sheep pasture. It was perfect. The water was cool and flat, and I could see little skirmishes on top of the water here READ MORE
Danger! Jellyfish
Today at the sea, there were so many jellyfish and new jellyfish. As I was walking to the dock there was a man taking a photo of the area. I asked if he was going to swim, and he said yes. So I said, “yea, I’ll swim with you.” He is visiting Sweden from the READ MORE
Swimming Wimmin in Sweden
Friday Sept 1 grey and cold and rainy. Today at the lake, we cancelled because of rain. But by the end of the day I was having a fit over my lack of wifi options, and my host’s friend, Y, and I decided a swim was necessary. So glad that I was smart enough to READ MORE
So Såduggen
Monday August 28, 2023 Today at the lake, I swam in a beautiful, clean lake, Såduggen, surrounded by trees and blue sky. It was glorious. My host drove me to a lake about 10 miles away. There was nobody there, which seems bizarre to me because where I live there are always people around, even READ MORE
