One of the best things about the Winter Olympics is the A&T commercial with Lou Reed’s “Perfect Day”. Another good thing is the snowboarding. It’s the punk rock of sports and the punks are taking it to the bank this time. With school out this week we’ve noticed a lot more snowboarding in the park. They really pack down the trails making them more like bob sled runs. As Kevin Williams explained on the news last night, the recent snowflakes are small with lots of moisture instead of big and fluffy. So they stuck to the branches for the winter wonderland effect you see in the picture above.
I stopped in the woods the other day and looked back to see how Peggi was doing. When I turned my head my skies went right out from under me. I knew I was going to fall hard so I tucked my head up but I landed on my shoulder blades and whipped my head to the ground. Things went black for a slit second and then a pretty good headache settled in. It’s amazing how quickly something like that can happen. But it left me wondering if something like that would ever happen to a younger guy. My mom fell a few weeks ago in a dark parking garage downtown. She whacked her head on the pavement and had one her eyes swell shut. It could have been much worse but almost doesn’t count exceptin horseshoes. We designed a book by Betty Perkins Carpenter many years ago. It’s called “How To Prevent Falls” and we sort thought it was hoot at the time. I’m not laughing any more.
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i took a ride on my neighbors’ off road motorcycle yesterday in the woods across the street. the thing sits way up off the ground, goes very fast, and it feels like you can go anywhere on it ( like the hospital).when i returned a lady friend looked relieved i was still in one piece. When i got on my 4 wheeler(which was stolen from my house recently) one night in tennessee at 2 am drunk and stoned to take a ride my friend Troy remarked, “going for some HRB are you ?” i asked what is HRB? high risk behavior. the point i guess is you pays your money and you takes your chances. as we age getting out of bed can be HRB.
Balance is definitely affected at our ‘age range.’ I experience that all the time. This is why I have had discussions with my 84-yr-old father who still feels it’s OK for him to get up on his extension ladder to clean the gutters two stories up. But fortunately he finally seems to be OK with me coming over and doing it.