Katie, Patrick & I recently restarted our traditional 3-way racquetball meets of Friday afternoon. Patrick & I always have played left-handed to make things more even for Katie. Winding the racquet safety string around my healing left wrist, tight enough to support the racquet, I announced to Katie and Patrick that I was going to […]
Rakkity hopes to play a left-handed racquetball game today. The old left hand is only about 1/4 the strength of the right, but the doc and therapist both say to start strengthening the left wrist, so now is the time. Katie has volunteered to play this afternoon and gauge the left hand’s mettle. Dom, if […]
Rakkity made it to the court last week, and handed two racquets to the “little” rakkities, Patrick (6′ 1″ and 180 lb) and Katie (fit horsewoman and soccer player). “I hope you’ll be gentle”, he thought, putting his left hand into a protective nylon splint as he entered the court for this 3-way game. The […]
Hi Mike, Just to disabuse you of the idea that I haven’t been working on the latest mountain E-pic…. A tale of OS woes I’ve been trying to get all of my recent mountain pictures onto my Mac mini with limited success. Previouly I had found that a direct camera-to-mini transfer wasn’t working, and I […]
One-armed rakkity has been camping in the wild west. And on his return home, “My cast & two pins (titanium 8-penny nails) were removed from my wrist this morning. Calloo callay!” View larger image
One-armed rakkity has been camping in the wild west. And on his return home, “My cast & two pins (titanium 8-penny nails) were removed from my wrist this morning. Calloo callay!” View larger image
Rakkity The Beeper When I landed on my wrist two Saturdays ago, the last thing on my mind was the wristwatch on my wrist. But after the impact, and as I staggered towards the back door, an image remains strong in my memory— a free-standing white watch dial lay on the ground, its face disfigured […]
rakkity Last Saturday, I had a disastrous 6-game racquetball match with Dominic (5-1 Dom). And I really want a return match, but it will be a while before I can have a chance to get back at him. You see, I have an arm problem. After the games, I drove home tiredly to continue where […]
Rakkity The next part of our trip to Spain–Toledo to Ciudad Real to Cordoba After this will come Chapter IV: Sevilla and Italica. After visiting Flo Saturday night, Diane and I walked across the street to the Ninety Nine for dinner.
Begin here for new photos and integrated pics with rakkity’s travelogue across the pond. At the bottom of the page is a link to Chapter II – new pics, a new story. It’s 4:30 AM and I am on my way home. Given the hour I lose, I hope to be in Acton by 11 […]
Chapter I Some pictures to go with this may be found at: Pick and choose as you like. 3/18/05 Viernes, Dia zero: Iberia bound When Papacita Ed & Mamacita Beth set off on their trip to visit NiÃ’a Katie in Sevilla, for her Junior-year semester abroad, they got a more promising start than NiÃ’a did […]
Part III The End by Rakkity The father-son games took on a serious character that infected outside life. Sometimes the weekly game of racquet-le-ball with the son and the game with the Dominator fell on consecutive days, and the tendons complained with a vengeance. Dancing across the court against the son one day, the father […]