The fall

 My doctor keeps asking me if I fall; 'Of course I do, otherwise I'm not doing difficult enough walks to prevent falling.'

Well, it occurred.

 

After 3 days of pulling and dragging cut saplings from the earlier owner, we burned huge piles of them to lessen the fire risk to the cabins. On the fourth day, I was moving some wood to the driveway to be burned when I fell against an upright birch tree, hitting my left upper ribs under the armpit. Incredibly sore right now, picking things up from the floor is almost an impossibility. But no brusing, turning while walking is a no-no right now. Can't raise my left arm, but then I couldn't raise it before the accident either.

The standup paddleboard I'll try next summer.

I am currently in Duluth for a couple of days, heading back to cabin after that to finish pulling wood and do saunas, winterize it.
Tried the lidocaine once. It seemed to work on the top layer of muscles, but the underlying muscles then spasmed a lot. Went to urgent care this morning, no broken ribs, several weeks for recovery. Advil and ice will do. I guess I'll be reading a lot in the meantime.

 The arthritic cream works the best, heading back home to recuperate in preparation for my trip to Spain at the end of the month.