I have been climbing lately. During my undergrad, and even grad, when I had the time, I would go over to the University of Idaho climbing gym and boulder or, if I could find a partner, rope up and try a route. I always felt sort of like I was pretending; goofing off and tryingContinue reading “Climb on”
Category Archives: Sport
The things you take for granted
Like walking up stairs, walking a few blocks, bending over to pick something up, sitting in chairs, rolling over in bed, getting in a car… all sadly agonizing when any part of your spinal column is injured. If you’re going to have a spinal injury, I recommend choosing to injur your tailbone. A cracked coccyxContinue reading “The things you take for granted”
Vita Brevis
Five and twenty, say the years portioned to me. Youth, they say; we have seen much more than you, so why fear dimming sight? You have known it since age 9. Spectacles shrink those lines beginning to crowd your lashes. You are still attractive. Young. Yet I feel the years lap against me, touch me,Continue reading “Vita Brevis”
Superbowl highlights: if I could just remember who played
I’ve watched the Superbowl almost every year since I was 11. I remember that first time… at my parents’ friends’ house… a cornucopia of partially hydrogenated snacks and fizzy syrup, this sport I knew nothing about, and A BOY TO EXPLAIN IT TO ME. Actually, I don’t think he had a clue either; we talkedContinue reading “Superbowl highlights: if I could just remember who played”
The injury
His tears fouling the grease paint on his cheeks, he sat on the sidelines, his arm bound to his side with an extra jersey. It was not so much the pain of his collar bone lying snapped in half beneath his pads as the knowledge that he was out for the rest of the season.Continue reading “The injury”
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