Connection and disconnection and reconnection

I have a bunch of little slogans that I use to help me make sense of my hosting practice. One of these is “the shortest distance between two people is a story,” a line that I learned years ago from Patti Digh. I read Patti’s blog daily and today she evoked the line again, talking about the connections that were made in a weekend long creative writing workshop. Appreciation for this line. It helps me remember that a story, narrative, anecdote, and nonsense are ways that we connect, or ways that we suddenly see who we are with, sometimes for better and sometimes for worse!

Have you ever had a frozen shoulder? I have my first, and hopefully only one. I did something to my shoulder in the summer, I don;t know what, but it managed to degrade and evade physio treatment to the point where my physio team said I should get a cortisone injection. Yesterday I got an early start and headed over the North Vancouver to Revive Medical where a very clear and efficient doctor administered an injection and my shoulder began to feel better immediately. I have work to do to rebuild strength and range of motion, but boy is it nice to have the acute pain gone.

You know what else is frozen? Tottenham’s chances of surviving to play another season in both the Champions League and the Premier League. Today’s Champions League match against Athletico Madrid was a car wreck, surrendering four goals in the first twenty minutes and causing Tudor to retroactively admit that selecting Kinsky in goal was a bad idea. The match finished 5-2 with Porro and Paulinha colliding at the end and both suffering nasty head injuries, summing up everything this team is at the moment. Rudderless. The Premier League campaign is worse than last year’s and that is saying something. We are in very real danger of being relegated for the first time since 1976-77. And to be honest, I wouldn’t care too much. A season in the Championship might be everything we need to get our heads clear after the last few years of debacle.

Locally, our TSS Rovers are gearing up for the season. The women have done a tremendous job of preparation, winning the Metro Women’s Soccer League title for the first time in their 15 year history, securing the title away in Abbotsford. Given the football I’ve been watching all winter, I can’t wait to see some quality play for a change! If you’d like to come out to a match this spring let me know and I’ll send a ticket your way.