My column has been paying off in ways other than monetary. Two different book authors have contacted me as a result of my columns in Cycle Connections. One wanted more information on the women I covered in writing about women in the history of motorcycling. A second wants me to review her manuscript, Chicks on Bikes, set to be published in the fall.
It's gratifying to know that I am being not only read, but read and noticed as someone with "clout".
On the homefront, the ankle is healing well, I think. Today is the first day of the second half of the recovery period. I go back to the ortho in 16 days and hope I can start walking on two feet once they see their xrays. I have to keep stretching the hamstring as it tends to get sore; the bruising is dissipating well, giving me a visual of the healing within. I have so little pain-a few twinges-that I haven't been taking anything and indeed wish I could just take this cast off as most times it feels unnecessary....
