Tag: knee
Puff the Purple encourages me despite my patellar woes
When I returned home the other day after my knee surgery, I found this fire-breathing friend waiting for me on my favorite spot on the sofa. Next to him was a card that reads: “Stop dragon your crutches around. Soon you’ll be frolicking in the autumn mist.” I suspect that this came from my pun-loving, punctuationally-perfect sister, Eilish. As I slowly try to get … Read More Puff the Purple encourages me despite my patellar woes
On experiencing a small setback in recovery from her knee surgery
(National Poetry Month, Day 29) I first encountered John Milton’s “On His Blindness” when I was 16 and taking a British Literature course in high school. I got it, but I didn’t get it. I encountered it again when I was 23 and in graduate school. I got it, but I didn’t really have time to think about it. This year, it has popped … Read More On experiencing a small setback in recovery from her knee surgery
The Graceful Grammarian 