11 & 12 September 2020 — 0829 mdt

Flathead Memo’s editor and janitor
injured in freak fall in Missoula

Update, 12 September. This photograph was taken shortly after sunrise this morning.My binocular vision has returned, the pain has subsided, and I’m getting stronger and steadier. The coming week, as one might expect, will be consumed with medical appointments, but I think I’ll be able to do some blogging.

11 September. I’m standing down from blogging for an indefinite period. Wednesday, while in Missoula for a surgical consultation, I tripped on a sidewalk a block east of St. Patrick’s Hospital. No broken bones, but plenty of painful contusions and heavy bleeding. And, as you can see from this morning’s selfie, narrowed vision. At the moment, I'm having a rough time, but I'll recover and return to blogging.

A lot of good people, family, friends, neighbors, are helping me get through this, and I thank them. — James Conner