Before anything else: MAGIC TRIUMPHS is out from Graphic Audio today. Yay!
Gordon’s surgery went well. We got home safe yesterday and today he is in the home gym, working the shoulder as the doctor instructed. The doctor was pleased and saw no additional need to do anything beyond the expected scope of the surgery. Gordon was very put out yesterday because they did a nerve block and he couldn’t move the arm.
The first thing my husband did when I pulled into the garage is squint at the trashcans on the curb, left there since Monday was the trash day. I told him that I would take care of the trashcans, so I got out and headed for the recycling bin. I pulled it back behind the wall and here is my husband dragging the other trashcan back.
I made him coffee and bought yummy Krispy Creme doughnuts and got him a strawberry shake because his throat hurt. He did things like pick up the dog and pick up packages. Apparently, “a man has to do things” instead of sitting on the couch resting his arm in a sling like he is supposed to.
I stressed out a lot about the surgery. We came in at 7:00 am, as instructed, at 9:45 am they took him away, and I went into the waiting room, where the patients were represented by numbers on the screen. Each number had a color code that informed you what stage of the surgery the patient was at. It was supposed to be a short surgery. When I got there, his name had a green code meaning that he was in surgery. 10, 11, 11:30… Then I get a text. Surgery is starting. By 1:00 pm I was kind of a basket case and I bought some yarn I shouldn’t have bought in a moment of stress. I need to block Wendy’s Wonders.
Anyway, we are home and it’s back to the writing. And admin. So much admin.
I have a fun challenge for you. This is a rough sketch of an actual intersection in a major US city courtesy of Candice Slater. Some creative liberties were taken with the height of the building, but other than that, it is right out of Google Maps. It’s an interesting intersection, because there is a pancake restaurant in that red building on the left and an IHOP over there under the blue roof.
There are some clues in The Inheritance as the the general location. More clues will be give in the upcoming installment. The first person to recognize this intersection and name the cross street will get a character named after them in The Inheritance. The character maybe a hero or a villain. Comments on the blog only, please. Have fun!
Edit Mod R: Winners have found the answer, in approximately 15 seconds! Congratulations, JoAnne and Anton, sharing the prize! The Horde is unmatched, Interpol should either hire us or watch us, not sure hehe.
Glad all is well! Hope Gordon’s recovery is smooth sailing!
I am so glad they got rid of the RICE protocol for injuries. They used to have you do not much for such a long time. After all that sitting around, rehab was somewhere between really hard and impossible. That said, I don’t think they were thinking of dragging trash cans…
He has a frozen shoulder with some other stuff, so the point of the surgery was to get him moving. RE trashcans: agreed. So agreed.
At least they are empty trashcans. You know he would have dragged full ones if it was trash night.
I don’t swear and never at my authorlords, and I never tell people what to do… but GD it. Gordon you need to take CARE of yourself and not over stress or you will wind up with great regrets, from a person with a semi chronic issue caused by not recovering correctly.
Agree completely with Oona. Don’t push too hard. After getting plates and screws in a broken and dislocated ankle, I thought I could just walk around in my moon boot, keep up my London commute without crutches getting in the way, overdo it in all regards basically, ended up with an infected screw from inflammation, back to surgery, and I now have a 50% loss of mobility (was 70% but twenty years of working at it). When doctors say to heal some particular way now, I do exactly what I’m told.
Donna A, right there with you! Follow the orders, even if they have to tie you down for a bit!! They know what healing is looking like..
Day after I got Dad cc out of the hospital for pneumonia, this 87 yo man: went to the fitness center, went shopping at Sam’s, to the library, grocery store, picked produce from his garden, and when I called at 11am to tell him I had bronchitis, he was mad because he was out of breath. Oh, I forgot, somewhere in there he did a load of laundry.
My husband had thyroid surgery years ago, and when I walked into his hospital room, he was sitting in bed, in street clothes, ready to go home. We practically had to tie him to the bed to get him to stay overnight. He got home, and the next thing I know, he’s deer hunting (how dare they do the surgery during hunting season!). I kept telling him, “They cut your throat,” and he kept saying, “I’m fine, I want out of here”. The man hates sitting around, even if it’s to heal after surgery. Two years ago, he had surgery on his elbow for a pinched nerve. Next thing I know, he’s in the attic with one of his arms in a sling, looking for something. Yep, he almost fell out of the attic because, you know, arm in a sling? He still has to fix where one leg went through the attic “floor”.
Absolutely! My impatient (runs in the family) brother-in-law decided to continue hanging drywall, in his home improvement project, shortly after his rotator cuff (shoulder) surgery. He wound up having to get the same surgery again.
P*t**n*ce, Gordon! The Horde prefers you whole and hale, as does your family, I’m sure. I’m glad the surgery went well, but it’s not over until the slooow healing process is complete.
My great grandfather cut off 3 fingertips w a table saw (back in the 70s when you could stay in the hospital). He got up, got dressed, and walked out. Got a cab home. Hospital had NO IDEA where he went. They found him in his shop cleaning up so he could get back to it.
I was told that nothing could be done for my frozen shoulder as I am A Woman of A Certain Age and therefore it would thaw on it’s own in no more than two years time.
It made the most god-awful sound, like dislocating a chicken or turkey leg before roasting it, Hurt for 5 minutes, then subsided into a bearable ache but I had 90% range of motion back after 9 months of PT exercise twice a day and that morning’s dangle from the pull-up bar.
I’m so glad the surgery went well! I hope you have successfully unclenched as well.
Ooh, a scavenger hunt. Sorta. How fun! You are very good to us.
Is this in Pittsburgh? Liberty Ave?
I don’t really know what cross street means…argh…seventh ave?
It does look like something in Pittsburgh, doesn’t it!?!
I knew it was Chicago, though, because I grew up in Chicago (and now live in Pittsburgh!).
Being support for someone in surgery is the pits. Glad both of you survived.
This sure reminds me of the IHOP on Halsted and Broadway in Chicago. I used to live near there and passed it all the time. I don’t remember any hints in The Inheritance however, so probably not the same place. 😉
Winner, winner, chicken dinner! Well done, so impressive, JoAnne guild member currently loading!
Congratulations, JoAnne K!
Congratulations to JoAnne and Ilona Andrews! 🎉I’m glad you got a JoAnne! Not that I knew the answer but I definitely knew they didn’t need another Jennifer.
I didn’t see this until today. I recognized Halstead. Chicago doesn’t change very often… 🙂
Ok, clearly the best person with the best name won.
Congrats JoAnne! Looking forward to seeing your name in print!
Wow that’s so awesome you guessed it so quickly, congrats! I was assuming someone used google maps or some complicated search to guess it, it’s cool it was because it was familiar.
Ate there so many times when in my 20s and living in Lincoln Park. Fond memories – except for the hangovers I was “curing” with pancakes.
I knew I recognized it from Chicago but I couldn’t remember the cross streets!
LOL – i live outside chicago and i’m all, they wouldn’t pick a chicago intersection. congratulations, joanne!
Can we get a clue for the puzzle? Is this the outside of the portal Ada went into? Or another location we haven’t seen yet but was mentioned somewhere?
N Halsted and N Broadway in Chicago.
Oh that’s it exactly – my compliments to Candice Slater that’s immediately recognizable as soon as I clicked into the google maps street view!
Accidentally posted it in the last blog post with the hint first, thanks for crediting it anyways!
Congrats! 🙂
Don’t think it’s this but awfully similiar in general appearance to Seattle’s Pioneer Square Flatiron Building – Pike Place, 1st Ave and Pine Street. Of course I haven’t been back for over 2 decades which may be why it looks similiar to my fuzzy memory.
That nerve block was the oddest feeling when I had wrist surgery done. It was like the whole arm was gone on that side, I could move it with the other arm but felt nothing.
Lots of positive healing vibes.
Yep — I also thought the Triangle building near Seattle’s Pioneer Square … but the buildings on either side are not even close … solid construction zones. Sadly no IHOP there …
Best wishes to Gordon for uncomplicated recovery and steady progress through prescribed PT. Best hope to Ilona to maintain your sanity through the process.
Worst (most painful) shot I ever got was in my armpit to nerve block my right arm. They had to set the broken bone an inch below my elbow but fortunately it wasn’t a surgery. Good news is I fully recovered with no loss of feeling or range of motion. But I never got over that shot.
Are you in Chicago? Otherwise, it looks like Greenwich NY.
Glad Every thing went well with Gordon’s surgery, and I have to agree that the person waiting suffers the anxiety of the unknown as time drags as a snail 🐌 crawls.
wow, that was fast! congratulations JoAnne!
I have a husband like that. It will probably hit him tomorrow and be more tired, hopefully he will rest more then x
No clue on the junction, sort of looks like the flat iron bldg.
I think that intersection is 5th Ave and Broadway in NYC. hope Gordon feels better soon!
It’s in Chicago, the Halsted location at Halsted/Grace/Broadway near Wrigley.
oh gdi, I didn’t scroll through the comments first :sob:
I’ve been listening to Magic Triumphs today while doing admin (right now: doing my fellowship registrations for cardiology to start in about a month). I’m just about at the spot where Erra started sulking in the dagger. Poor Kate.
I love how Derek recovers his sense of humor just in time for Kate to regret wishing for just this eventuality (the fire interruption).
Ha, on two subsequent occasions!
I just listened to that part, too. I was laughing right along Derek. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
HEHE. This is like that video where you’re supposed to count how many times the basketball goes back and forth on the court, and you totally miss the guy in the gorilla suit. Is no one going to mention the monster eating the building? I take it the portal is going to break, or at least leak a little.
Glad everyone is doing okay. Can’t wait until Friday.
+1
Many years ago, my then-husband had same day surgery on his shoulder (work related) and the process started at 6 am. Surgery went well, when he was settled in recovery I went home to walk the dog and feed the dog and the cat, and then back to the hospital to wait for discharge instructions. Got out of there around 9 pm – not bad for orthopedic surgery in the 1990’s. Pets were ecstatic to have their daddy home, even though he smelled like he’d been to the vet, which concerned them. They were very enthusiastic babysitters for the next few days, which meant sleeping on the hide-a-bed couch with daddy.
Glad Gordon is feeling better – even though the docs probably wouldn’t recommend it on the day of procedure – bet the dog was glad to be picked up and get a chance to personally check on daddy!!
Deep breaths, lots of tea, sending hugs!!
Buying yarn is therapeutic!!
So many congrats are in order – Gordon’s out of surgery and back at home, Magic Triumph dropped on GA, and Joanne has a well-deserved new job with the guild!!! I live in the Chicago area, have driven through this intersection more than once, and didn’t recognize it. Shameful.
I also wondered if the creepy critter on the building is a stalker, but it’s 2+ stories tall. Maybe the dragon escaped…
Glad to hear that Gordon’s surgery went smoothly, let’s hope that he’ll take it easy on his arm in the meantime! In a very manly way, of course 🤞💪😅
I’ve already started listening to the GA drop. So, so good!!!
Congrats on a successful surgery and the GA release! May his recovery be complete and timely! 🤗
Mod R, if Interpol has something they really need to solve, all they have to do is promise an IA reward and it’ll happen! 😄 Big, tough, cold case? Get them a bonus snippet, an ARC, or even just mention by IA and watch how quickly it gets solved! 😄
YUP. The Horde is ready…when there is an IA incentive
Glad to hear the surgery went well, now I hope the recovery goes swimmingly too!
So glad the surgery went well and hope the recovery is speedy!
Congrats to the 2 winners – I’ll be looking for your names!
Glad to hear his surgery went well 🙂 About 20 years ago I escorted a close friend to the hospital in another city. I sat in the waiting room for about 12 hours. After about 4 hours I had lunch. I was interrupted half way through by a nurse who asked me to come to a room where an administrator and what appeared to some other people waiting for me. My heart racing I asked what was wrong. They informed me my friend had passed away. I was shell shocked for hours afterwards. For some reason I did not feel like doing anything and kind of zoned out for about 6 hours.
Later that evening still wondering around the hospital I had dinner and as I was working up my nerve to start contacting friends and family and give them the news a nurse or some hospital admin walked up and asked me my name. They informed me my friend was in recovery and it had been touch and go. She had apparently passed away on the table more than once. I found her in recovery and she was not lucid and needed a few days to recover before going home.
Later that night I posted online about her being in recovery with photo’s to friends and family. That was very nerve wracking. I told her about it once she got home. The hospital later denied every talking to me scolding her for showing up alone. It was a confusing mess. But she is better now and living her life well.
What an emotional rollercoaster! Glad it all ended well!
Wow.
Glad the surgery went well. Congrats to the winners! Cool they reconized it from Real Life. 😀
Congratulations on getting through Gordon’s surgery. I’m glad it went well.
I wondered if it was the Chicago area because of the mention of Elmwood Park in earlier chapters! There is also an Elmwood, IL further south near Peoria as well. Cool to see a Midwest setting!
Wait, what city is it??
Wow. The Horde astoundeth.
Speedy recovery to Gordon! And congratulations to the winners. That was super fast!
While we are talking Inheritance locations, is Elmwood a real or fictional place? I’m from Australia, so I didn’t immediately recognise it, and Google didn’t give a definitive answer. I was trying to get a rough idea of where “2,119 miles away from Elmwood” would be. Still inside the US? Somewhere north or south in Canada or Mexico? Maybe the final story could have a state listed for Elmwood at least. 🙂
Elmwood is real and they were still in the US 🙂
I had spinal surgery in 2009. It was supposed to take 4 hours. It was 8 hours before the surgeon came out and my then-husband was a complete wreck, certain I was dead or paralyzed in some fashion. The surgeon told my husband all about the wonderful new equipment the hospital had that he had been able to use. When I heard the story, my response was “so he was four hours playing with me and the new toys.”
Sometimes surgeons can be a bit less than understanding. :/
Although sometimes we say things to make it sound like it was fun and games so relatives don’t know stuff hit the fan.
So happy everything went well. Wishing Gordon a speedy, uneventful, and complete healing.
it looks like the hotel on the corner in John Wick 🙂
Yes! I thought the same thing!
“The Continental” is an actual building constructed in 1904, in the heart of Wall Street (NYC) that is on the National Register of Historic Places
I was very pleasantly surprised to walk by it a few years (during the pandemic) and learn that it was a real place–not just a John Wick set of some kind.
So glad all went well with Gordon’s surgery!
All the best for a speedy recovery.
Also, so, so many of us have been there re: buying yarn while stressed. ♡
So glad that the surgery went well.
pop culture reference: media circus?
Your post made me think of it. This house was voted the worst for having to shovel snow but I also love it because it’s its own little island!
https://www.google.com/maps/place/5308+23+Ave+NW,+Calgary,+AB+T3B+1A3/@51.081427,-114.1625806,184m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x53716ee3a5500b65:0x98a733e5412ae9b5!8m2!3d51.0812777!4d-114.1624395!16s%2Fg%2F11c12j02vl?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDIxMi4wIKXMDSoJLDEwMjExNDU1SAFQAw%3D%3D
Glad to hear Gordon is doing well. I remember doing the waiting room thing and it is probably good that I couldn’t do on-line shopping. I would have bought out Amazon.
As to the street, have no idea except for the fact that if it is in Georgia it is either Peachtree or Peachtree crosses it.
Liberty Avenue, Seventh Avenue, and Smithfield Street in Pittsburg. #latetotheparty
Why not share where this location actually is?
Hi Kathryn, the location will be part of a future chapter of The Inheritance serial https://ilona-andrews.com/category/the-inheritance/
You can also read it in several comments, it is Chicago, intersection of Broadway and Grace street 🙂. It’s a game, and we still want readers to have fun playing.
Hi ModR, by your comment…
‘Hi Kathryn, the location will be part of a future chapter of The Inheritance serial’
Does that include the monster climbing up the side of the building?
Well it’s got red brick buildings which are eastern US plus in chapter 1 Ana talks about working up and down the east coast and American Elms were an east coast species (forester). That’s as far as I will go now except to my guess will be from Maryland south knowing our southern author team 😃
Thanks for updating us on the surgery!
Best wishes on corralling Gordon as he heals. I guess you could always threaten him with the BDH — “I swear I will call in the BDH to sit on you . . .”
glad the surgery is over and recovery has begun! and good luck keeping gordon tied down so he doesn’t over-do it.
next week i have hip replacement surgery and my mom will be the one in the waiting room trying to keep the anxiety in check. i spent today googling maps for her because the main route to the hospital, that exit/bridge over the highway is closed and being replaced. but mom doesn’t like driving on the highway so i found a fairly straight-forward city-streets route for her and printed out helpful maps.
laura – had THR ( total hip replace) 4 months ago – it is awesome! Hour plus drive to hospital, in for surgery, recovery, out to car, hour plus drive home, walked up approach and into house – all in under 5 hours. Walking, riding ( horse), weed eating, ranch chores all by the time I was 3 months post surgery. No more pain – Go for it and best to you.
Glad the surgery went well!
Glad surgery went well and that Gordon is okay.
I had a frozen shoulder manipulated under GA some years back. Came out of it SCREAMING!!!!!!!! Was asked on a scale of 1-10 what the pain scale was? I’m screaming what do you think!!!!!!
But keep up with the physio it’s really worth it. Oh & the donuts😃😃
Ahhhh husbands and surgeries. It’s amazing what the nerve block can let them do. My husband has had both knees replaced in the last 2.5 years. First challenge was to get all 6’8″ ofhim into the Volvo (7 seater). Lay the passenger seat flat get his butt into the seat and walk his butt cheeks up the back of the seat until he can swing his leg into the car. Once home reverse the process. “This is so doable” claimed my patient. Got him into bed and he answered emails and talked to the kids. Next day “Look I can lift my leg straight up!”
Fast forward 3 days and the nerve block had worn off. From the bedroom I hear “@$#$@#$! I can’t lift my F’ing leg!”
I gave him his prescribed pain pills and went to look at cruises online.
Make sure you take care of yourself! I wish you both a quick recovery! HUGS
Wow, terrific game, and congratulations to the winners! I am 2 weeks post op for reverse shoulder replacement. Getting better every day. I’ve been binge rereading a lot of KD books. Happy Tuesday.
Way to go Pam. I had that done 11 years ago on my left shoulder. My mistake was over extending the use of my right shoulder. Which I’m paying for now. Good luck on your recovery exercises wiping. writing numbers and letters in order and backwards. Swinging every day backwards, forwards and out with out weights and then progressive weights up to five pound at the end. Oh what f ing fun you have.
Exercising done wrong can be incredibly harmful. I say this as the wife of a husband who needed shoulder surgery b/c of incorrect weight lifting, then needed weeks of physical therapy (which thankfully he did do right) to regain mobility.
Physical therapy done right can work miracles. I say this as someone who couldn’t get out of bed without help (due to a shifted vertebra), then went skiing after several weeks of physical therapy (done correctly under supervision).
The lesson I learned from these two incidents is that joints are finicky, and you better listen to the experts.
Dear Gordon, please listen to the experts. If the doctor told you to keep that arm immobilized, that means you don’t even lift a fork with it, let alone your dog (why does your dog need lifting, btw?). Though I admire your abnegation. In your place, I’d plop myself in an armchair with a book, and make Ilona do all the work, hehe.
JoAnne and Anton, sitting around a fire with Steve furiously scribbling notes. Someone hold my shalant and I’ll show you just how cray-cray this can get lolz.
glad the operation went well.
wow on the 15 sections to make the intersection. can any of the hord request locations from photos via this portal? As there are some locations I need to find based only on the river image in the UK. though I can’t promise anything as cool as a name in a HA book. 🙂
Wall Street, in New York City , New York, the building in the back looks like the flatiron building in New York. Building was in the movie Bells and Candles with James Stewart and KimNovack.
Great to read that the surgery went well; may the recovery continue to be the same. Congratulations, JoAnne. Chicago? It’s been 50 years since I was there, and never spent much time. Although I still have some (OK, few) fond memories of the Shedd Aquarium, the Field Museum of Natural History, and their Museum of Science and Industry.
got to love chi-town but can we talk about the dragon on the building??
I’m guessing cold chaos didn’t get to the anchor in time?
or Ada coming through the gate burst the barrier?
I know, I need to be fluffy and wait. . . and where is Jackson?!
I would pay triple the price to read the whole thing right now. I live to devoure. this diet of one part at a time is a crime against my nature.
Fifth Avenue and Broadway, and 23rd Street in Manhattan
So happy for you both that Gordon’s surgery went well. I have spent (literally) days waiting during my husband’s cancer surgeries over the years and there is no stress like waiting…waiting…and not knowing. Especially when you thought it would’ve been or you’d have updates regularly. Prayers for quick healing.
That’s Ballston! Stafford st and fairfax drive!
Funny, I wondered if it was that intersection, but decided it wasn’t.
Great news about Gordon getting through his surgery. Yes, I would have to bite my tongue about not resting after surgery if this were my husband, and find other ways to support his recovery. Hopefully, all will be well with recovery.
So glad the surgery went well. The only “minor” surgery is one that someone else is having as an outpatient. The more imaginative you are, the scarier they are. I hope Gordon’s recovery is quick. You guys are amazing! Love The Inheritance!
When I had carpal tunnel release surgery done, the surgery team did a nerve block in my shoulder that took about 24 hours to fully wear off. They gave me ‘Sponge Bob’ to protect my arm until it returned to MY control. Sponge Bob was a giant blue piece of blue foam that I inserted my entire arm inside when I was in bed. Sponge Bob meant I had to sleep on my back, which I don’t love, but I was drugged enough to not really care. That nerve block was beyond odd to experience – no control over my arm, my arm swung like a pendulum when I was upright, truly could not feel a thing from the shoulder on down. I’m pleased to have had the surgery and have recovered happily.
Great news that Gordon’s surgery went wekk and his recovering!!
“Interpol should either hire us or watch us” 🤣
Speedy recovery, Gordon. And productive and peaceful week, Ilona.
Congrats to JoAnne and Anton. Lovely sketch. Wish I was at that intersection eating pancakes and watching red dragon.
I second all of the above.
Also, there were several lol moments in the blog and comments. Just the thing for a rainy afternoon, drying out from work this morning.
I’m glad Gordon came through his surgery well. I understand he MUST DO THINGS. My dad was the same way. I always told Daddy if he messed up the surgeon’s work, he would have many unhappy people upset with him. 😉
I do not love nerve blocks at all. Had a spinal block with my c section, and one in my arm for a hand surgery when I ruptured a tendon playing goalie in a soccer game. Pro tip, don’t try to catch the attacking players foot with one finger. 😬 I get massive tingles for hours while still unable to move and it’s like needing to sneeze but not being able to for about 13 hours. Apparently it wears off in 2-3 hours for other people. 🤷♀️
So glad the surgery went well! Wishing Gordon the best recovery. Good instructions help always.
Retired RN… Of course he did not follow directions. He is man. Hear he roar… in pain. Ouch. Silly silly man. More for you to fuss over. LOL *usually* pain will stop him. Usually. Glad you are feeling better enough to be silly Gordon.
I have not had any surgery on my shoulder, but spent last summer (my 75th) in a sling after breaking my right arm near the shoulder and fracturing the ball joint.
The emergency room doctor told me that the shoulder muscles were holding everything in place pretty well and if I held things still I could probably escape major surgery.
My osteopath agreed, so I held my arm across my chest for 3 months or so, with short extensions for X-rays and changing clothes.
My doctor (sports medicine specialist) was surprised at how fast and how well things healed and did not suggest physical therapy, since I had surpassed the improvement he thought possible already.
I have not regained full mobility, but I am mostly there, considering that I still have a chunk of ball joint unattached in my shoulder.
The point being that I followed instructions and got much better with very little discomfort.
Pay attention to your med team, Gordon. We like you functional!
We are not as greedy as all that; the news from Gordon’s surgery could definitely come first.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery Gordon! Do everything they said and don’t push it!!!! Best outcomes for good behavior (from your friendly BDH NP with 11 years ICU experience).
I had a shoulder replacement and I declined the nerve block. With all the pain killers available, it seemed superfluous, and I hated the idea of not feeling my hand.
I did not regret it one bit.
Congrats to the winners! I look forward to seeing your names in the story. So glad the surgery went well for Gordon.
Congrats, JoAnne and Anton! Also, glad Gordon’s surgery went well.
The dragon is interesting, and I am puzzled by whatever that is on his back, but what I really want to know is what someone was cooking in that building that attracted him?
Glad Gordon’s surgery went well! I just had surgery yesterday myself. I know it’s really, really hard to take it easy, but sometimes if you push things, you can cause scar tissue buildup that will cause issues down the road for him, and it could make a full recovery a lot more difficult, or even impossible. That’s what I was told, and also what I learned in nursing school. So tell him to take it easy lol. Again, I know it’s crazy hard not to do stuff, but it’s better than him hurting himself (especially if he has pain meds on board, since he wont be as likely to feel it if he pushes it too hard) and him not being able to use his arm like he wants/needs to in the long run.
I thought it is Columbus Avenue in San Frasisco.
Glad to hear that Gordon’s surgery went well. Take rest!!
Congratulations JoAnne and Anton!!
Glad everything went well and wish him a fast recovery without any complications! 🍀
Just finished Magic Triumphs from Graphic Audio (I think we in Europe got it a little earlier) and loved everything about it, especially everything Conlan. May have to listen the whole series again 🤔
only comment is i lice your books.
15 seconds. All bow to the power of the BDH!
Also Gordon please for all that we hold dear as BDH members, rest that shoulder lest you injure it more, or you’ll get tranquillised by loving but worried sick wife
Glad Gordon’s shoulder surgery went well. My Dad, who was 80 at the time, had his replaced and, like Gordon, was also terrible at recuperating as instructed. The PT wasn’t a problem as it was an active task, but the sling chafed at him every day. Anyway, because he was religious with his PT it all turned out well and now, five years later, the shoulder is as good as it ever was and he’s back in the woodshop and back to trail riding.
Wendy’s Wonders? Oooooo, that’s calls for a look-see. 🙂
Thrilled that Magic Triumphs from GA is out! Already downloaded and it’s up next on my “audiobook listening while walking” rotation! 🎉
Aw, man. I JUST found it, too. 😀
Congrats to the winners!
best wishes for a good recovery! shoulders are so not noticeable until they don’t work well or are in pain. PT can be hard, but tell them what is working and what isn’t and why; they can/will adjust to keep you moving forward. Good thoughts
just a quick strangeness, my hubby pointed out this article of AI capable of blackmail to avoid having itself shut down….not fiction EEEK!
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/23/anthropic-ai-deception-risk