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Neurorehabilitation from the Trenches: July, 2021

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Tomorrow, Monday, will see the start of 2-weeks' holiday. I am spending most of that first week in Bavaria, having traveled here on Saturday by train, for the first time without the wheelchair. It wasn't that different from the last time, when I left the wheelchair in the car boot for the duration of my stay, but it does represent change; onward and upward. Walking The treadmill has made it into my rehab rotation. I now alternate between the Peloton and treadmill each morning. On treadmill day, I simply walk while holding on, for dear life, to the convenient handles, which double as a pulse reader. Early on, I learned that I needed to wear some kind of covering, to protect the inside of my left thumb, which became the source of a bloodbath on my maiden attempt, by becoming frayed by an inoffensive, easily-avoidable plastic joint. Now, as I march with my blue marigold on one hand -- and my safety clip -- I reach the blistering pace of 1.2KMPH, which has been gradually increased

Very Good, Jeeves!: Everyman

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  Very Good, Jeeves! :  That is not a typo, The book is entitled 'Very Good, Jeeves!'. Everyman is the publisher*. They have produced, among other things, the entire Wodehouse back catalog in sleeved hardback, complete with consistent artwork. I jumped ahead, and bought ' Something Fresh ', produced by a different company, and I'll have to purchase it again as an Everyman;  otherwise my Wodehouse collection will be lacking, when I finally complete it. * not true, the publisher is Outlook; Everyman is the name of the series of reprints. Wodehouse was a master of writing witty prose. He has two recurring sagas, This is part of the "Jeeves & Wooster" saga, and it is a suitable entry point to this saga, as it contains marvelously constructed, funny short-stories: a new tale per chapter, which is not that dissimilar to what I've seen of Jeeves so far, where each new chapter deals with a problem requiring Jeeves's intervention. Thank you, Jeeves Wod