Taking a Tumble
Ouch. That’s all I have to say about this morning. For those of you who are not in the Chicago area, you may not know that we have had one of the most brutal winters in almost thirty years. It has been unbelievably cold followed by one big snow storm after another. Normally, I love winter and I love fall, but this winter has gotten to me. This morning, winter bit me back.
I was trying to get to my car. Of course, walking anywhere around here means walking on what amount to glaciers. Really, to walk here in Chicago you need those metal spikes mountain climbers wear over their boots. Trying to get from the sidewalk to the street and, therefore, the driver’s side of your car requires actually repelling down a moutain of snow that has frozen into ice.
Well, I had hoped to use the hood of my car as a balancing device and attempted to climb down the mountain of ice and snow and work my way slowly around the front of the Jeep I drive. Normally I walk like a man of roughly 98 and thought I would do the same here. I took one step down with my right foot and it slipped right out from under me.
There was no stopping it. Before I knew it, I was on my back, the hat on my head flew about four feet from me and I was cold. All of the wind got knocked out of me. All along my right side there are aches and pains. A few years ago I either badly bruised or perhaps cracked a couple of ribs on that side, so I am waiting to see how this day plays out.
*sigh*
Thank you for indulging me on this. I realize this has nothing to do with jazz and blues, but at the same time, this is a place where I write daily and there wasn’t much else on my mind.
To make up for it, HERE is a link to a video of recent Grammy Award Winning jazz pianist, Herbie Hancock. In fact, here he is playing some tunes from his award winning album “The Jonie Letters.”
Enjoy! And if you live in an ice-covered part of the Midwest, be careful out there.
Tags: Chicago, falling, Herbie-Hancock, ice, injuries, jazz, performances, piano, snow, The Joni Letters, walking, weather, winter
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