My gluttony of choice…reading, reading, reading

Over the past two weeks, I've had a slight hip injury (incurred while hiking the top three miles of Pikes Peak without enough warm clothes), and a cold that knocked me flat for a couple of days.  Also a side effect of the big hike, probably, and someone said, "Why do you keep doing these things if you get hurt/sick?"  And my answer is: because it's exhilarating.  Because you can get a sprained ankle stepping off a curb.  Because the air is as sweet and crisp as apple juice up there. And...