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Oh no. Wishing you speedy healing!

Best wishes for a fast recovery! Thoughts becoming reality sounds like a horror premise. Or sci-fi?

Heap big ju ju .I hope you are better soon . I will check out lucky Jim.

Shelagh wrote: "Best wishes for a fast recovery! Thoughts becoming reality sounds like a horror premise. Or sci-fi?"

We dwell in a sci-fi world, I'm afraid. Which is why I like to bury myself in nature as much as possible.

C wrote: "Oh no. Wishing you speedy healing!"

Thanks, C., most kind of you. I like the adjective "speedy."

Stephen wrote: "Heap big ju ju .I hope you are better soon . I will check out lucky Jim."

Enjoy, my friend. You will laugh aloud. And thank you for the kind words.

Hey Tom, we heard of your tumble from a mutual friend. Bummer! It hurts just to think about it. Know we are sending love vibes to you and all those places that need healing, and Frau B, too. May you be well and happy. Take heart in all your good work. You remain a blessing to us, TC!

Aw, shucks, Tom--most kind of you. The hardest things for me is the forced inactivity. With luck, in six or seven years I'll be able to scoot around and clean the house again (which I'm now doing on one leg).

Good story for cocktail parties, but don't start believing that mere coincidences are trying to tell you something! Keep on writing those bent tales I love so much!

Even if I wind up limbless and brainless?

Prophetic indicators or mere coincidences? Maybe a simple and safe pastoral is in order for your next work? A book of haikus while you mend.

So sorry to hear this. I would hate the inactivity, too. MANY years ago I spent 2 months on pregnancy bed rest and it nearly drove me crazy. But take it easy because you don't want to injure that leg again. Maybe write a short story about a man who gains miraculous healing powers and baffles the doctors?

Thanks, Mary. What a great idea! Not only does he baffle doctors, but he defeats all the fascists too! I've got the mojo, so why not?

Yes, you did spook me. But the world is thankful the conjuring spirits did not manifest in your earlier career! Hit by a car in Tortilla Curtain! Whiskey on a cold freezing night in Drop City! Etc..etc..
I wish you a speedy recovery. Stay safe.

Ah, Jerrilyn, you inspirit me! You do make a crucial point--I may have freakishly called down disaster upon myself, but I've been spared the worst. Thus far. What about poor Mag (or Mug) in "A Friend of the Earth," whose face was chewed off by a hyena? Or Billy Boyles in "Water Music"?

Or how about being swallowed whole by a python like the baby in “Blue Skies”? You certainly have created many ill fated departures but let’s pray the gods spare most of us from such a demise.
Nature heals all indeed…hoping you get back to your walks sooner than later.
Thanks for all the great literature

Many thanks, Thomas, for the kind wishes. I've begun to misplace my crutches around the house, so that's a good sign. Meanwhile, I am perfecting the new novel, "No Direction Home," and putting together a "Best-Of" story collection, which focuses mainly on the work since the second volume of my collected stories came out in 2012. It's called "When I Woke Up This Morning, Everything I Had Was Gone." I've chosen thirty stories, which will make the volume more user-friendly than the two massive volumes of the collected stories. P.S. While I'm healing, I've posted a couple of "No Pythons Allowed" signs around the yard.

Lucky Jim. I can laugh out loud just thinking about the smoking in bed scene.