Mark’s Photos #9
“BAM!!” The car bottomed out again! Note to self, “Don’t take the Corolla up a jeep trail again.” “BAM!!” Ron, another UofA grad student, and I were coaxing my little car up a two-track...
Monthly Archive: April 2026
A Little of This and That
I fly to Albuquerque in less than three weeks on the 15th of May. But Nancy and I have a 5-day trip scheduled just before I leave for New Mexico. So it means I...
Mark’s Photos #8
Hiking the CDT, I had camped at Mormon Springs, located on a spur of the Oregon Trail in the Great Divide Basin of southern Wyoming. Mormon Springs was a bit of a misnomer as...
Confessions of a Serial Hobbyist
This week I thought I might talk about the menu for my upcoming trip. Which got me thinking of the time, several years ago, that I created freeze-dried dinners for nine people for five...
Mark’s Photos #7
It was mid-June of 2022 and I was in northern Massachusetts hiking the Appalachian Trail. For most of the afternoon I had been climbing 3,489 foot Mt. Greylock, the highest peak in the state,...
Right Knee Injury
“ …Leg bone connected to the knee bone, Knee bone connected to the thigh bone…” These two verses, from the classic 1928 gospel song, “ Dem Bones,” give me a perfect introduction to my...
4 responses to “Right Knee Injury”
PCLs don’t have quite the cachet, the branding of their better known sibling – the ACL. Perhaps, a little better PR would help them catch up in the ligament game. As I age, gracefully some might say, others not, I mostly listen to my body when it talks. For example, returning from California I started with too much weight on the Y’s pull-up machine. Body said, “Back off.” Immediately, I complied. One there was some ache, and two, I am first child – way too obedient for my own good. On to the Land o’ Enchantment in May!
Ah yes, the ACL, it gets all the press because it’s classically the one that athletes tear and it puts them out of commission. Also, it is thinner than the PCL and requires surgery far more often than its sibling. Kind of a prima donna in the ligament world. 😀 Listening to your body at our age is especially important if you intend to keep using it for a while. Take care…
I enjoyed learning’bout “Dem bones”from that old gospel spiritual. Also that u didnt need surgery. But I was hoping you were gonna give a short sermen since the las line is “ Now hear da word of the lord”!!
Hallelujah brother! Obviously, you are a man of great spiritual depth. Someone willing to dive deep. And I would like to accommodate you with a sermon, but I’m afraid those days are over for me. However, my son, you may go forth safe in the knowledge that you are among the chosen. And on that final day you will be lifted into the heavens, rejoicing. Praise the Lord! And thanks for reading the blog.😀