Was an honor Friday to speak to . . . I don’t know, four sets of about fifty or sixty kids at a time, I guess (I say ‘kids,’ yeah, but some of them tower over me, and I’m a bit not-short myself). Peak to Peak Charter School, over in Lafayette. Got to talk Stephen King’s “The Man in the Black Suit,” my “The Spindly Man” (check the Kate Baker read-aloud), and just general writing and writing-life stuff. Always a good time:
Nosey Parker wants to know: Is that a brace on your right hand? Oh noes!
oh yeah, it is. I’ve broke that hand some three times, so now all those boxer’s fractures have accumulated into the bones in my hand moving around like gravel. sometimes it requires strapping them down tight to get them remember how to behave. related: just got a new mountain bike with different grips than I’ve been using the last three years . . .
Good thing you have another hand, then. ;-) Are the new grips vertical? Easier on the bad hand?
new grips are smaller, which is weird. but I’ll adjust.