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monkey5sI've had extra-painful days this weekend. There's been high winds for two days, which means the air pressure is changing rapidly, and that's a bad thing for my arthritis.
But, the grass keeps growing. So I managed to get out these this afternoon, and mow. WOW did it hurt- the worse knee felt weak, like I couldn't be sure it wasn't going to just give out. The bad knee was the same as usual, but since it's better at the bending but not at the holding strong, it was a struggle. So the fact that there is one small part of the front yard that did not get mowed before the mower ran out of gas is really good. I was wanting to give up way before the mower did.
The other thing I did this weekend was read. The book is The Highest Frontier, by Joan Slonczewski. It's a science fiction/college coming-of-age novel, and that means there's no real plot, per se, but the worldbuilding is amazing. However, I'm still having trouble getting used to certain aspects of it. You see, the story involves a college in an orbiting habitat, that was put up by the state of Ohio. There's the Ohio River, and the Scioto, and the little homesteader town that's on the other side of the habitat from the college is called Mt. Gilead.
Which is the county seat of Morrow County, the next one north of mine.
The author blurb on the back flyleaf indicates that she lives in Gambier, and is the head of the biology department at Kenyon College there. So, she lives about 30 miles from Mt. Gilead (where I'm about 22 miles from the place). I'm sure people who live where there are many novels set don't even twitch when they see things like this, but I am really not used to it.
Oh, there are other issues I have with it, but it's been interesting enough to keep me going, just to see what happens next. So. Enthusiastic endorsement? No. But, if you enjoy science fiction that is well-thought-out, give it a try.
But, the grass keeps growing. So I managed to get out these this afternoon, and mow. WOW did it hurt- the worse knee felt weak, like I couldn't be sure it wasn't going to just give out. The bad knee was the same as usual, but since it's better at the bending but not at the holding strong, it was a struggle. So the fact that there is one small part of the front yard that did not get mowed before the mower ran out of gas is really good. I was wanting to give up way before the mower did.
The other thing I did this weekend was read. The book is The Highest Frontier, by Joan Slonczewski. It's a science fiction/college coming-of-age novel, and that means there's no real plot, per se, but the worldbuilding is amazing. However, I'm still having trouble getting used to certain aspects of it. You see, the story involves a college in an orbiting habitat, that was put up by the state of Ohio. There's the Ohio River, and the Scioto, and the little homesteader town that's on the other side of the habitat from the college is called Mt. Gilead.
Which is the county seat of Morrow County, the next one north of mine.
The author blurb on the back flyleaf indicates that she lives in Gambier, and is the head of the biology department at Kenyon College there. So, she lives about 30 miles from Mt. Gilead (where I'm about 22 miles from the place). I'm sure people who live where there are many novels set don't even twitch when they see things like this, but I am really not used to it.
Oh, there are other issues I have with it, but it's been interesting enough to keep me going, just to see what happens next. So. Enthusiastic endorsement? No. But, if you enjoy science fiction that is well-thought-out, give it a try.
