Cold Refuge

Attended the premiere of Judy Irving's Cold Refuge at the historic Roxie Theater in the Mission district. It was beautiful, life-affirming, inspiring. So great to see our graphic designer Zina Deretsky lighting up the screen with her story. And Mike made a connection with the moderator, David McGuire of Shark Stewards, so you know we'll be following up with him. 

Judy is the inspiration and cheerleader behind our own project and we are endlessly grateful for her friendship. 

See this movie if you get a chance.

"Cold Refuge is about the physical, psychological, and spiritual aspects of full immersion in the natural world: how, though it may seem counter-intuitive, swimming in cold water helps mitigate some of life’s most serious challenges. The film’s diverse film subjects include a wheelchair-bound, paralyzed swimmer who faces fear by diving off a high pier; a Black man who was told by whites when he was 13 that “Black people don’t swim” (it took him 30 years to try); a blind man who tethers himself to a sighted swimmer; a woman with aggressive breast cancer who “swims to chemo;” a lawyer who reduces courtroom stress in the open water; and a young woman who communes with her late mother in San Francisco Bay, where they both swam together. Along with swimmers’ stories of adversity and resilience, the film’s marine mammals, birds, artwork, and a variety of open-water locations create a visual meditation on what it means to escape our abstract digital world in favor of what’s real."

Came back to the boat to rescue the dog and met with raucous music at the restaurant by Georgia West, a cow punk country American garage band. Great homecoming!