I sat melt­ing into a lounge chair by the com­mu­ni­ty pool watch­ing my wife and young daugh­ter splash around in the shal­low end. We didn’t live in Swaying Pines, but we’d joined the pool as friends of the com­mu­ni­ty. In fact, look­ing around, I doubt­ed the col­lec­tive inhab­i­tants of the pool would be able to drag me out. She swam most of the length of the pool under­wa­ter before sur­fac­ing, show­ing off impres­sive lung capac­i­ty. ~Wilson Koewing lives and writes in Marin County, California.