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Provincetown-- If the ocean rather than the range is more your idea of home, then do good by getting wet, and join the 17th annual Swim for Life. Even if you're you among those for whom the prospect of a 1.4-mile-long ocean swim brings on involuntary visions of saltwater-logged, seaweed-strewn corpses that could have jumped from the pages of Edward Gorey (until his untimely death, a long-time Provincetown resident), you needn't feel excluded from the Swim for Life; organizers have, thoughtfully, provided a special event just for you: the "Paddler Flotilla," wherein persons with a kayak, canoe, or row boat between them and Davy Jones can join the "swim." Those for whom any ocean-going excursion is too daunting can partake of a "Pool Splash Party," wherein you complete your 1.4 miles with laps in a kiddie pool too shallow for drowning.

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But whether you swim, paddle, or lap, you can help the Swim for Life raise funds for good causes around town, from AIDS to Z. More than that, the swim generates good karma. "The generosity of this event replenishes our community and reminds us of our common bond to each other and to the sea," declares organizer Jay Critchley. "Thank you all for your continued presence." You'd be hard-pressed to hear such dulcet Californiaspeak east of Sausalito. The big day is, ahem, September 11th. Registration starts at 9:30am on the deck of the Boatslip Beach Club (161 Commercial Street). Swimmers will be transported (literally, not spiritually) to Long Point at 10:30am, and swim back to the Boatslip. Browse to www.swim4life.org or call 508-487-1930 or e-mail thecompact@comcast.net.