My regular readers (both of them) may recall I am recovering from knee replacement surgery. My condition continues to improve. I walked around our block – about a quarter mile – both yesterday and today, and tomorrow I start outpatient physical therapy. It’s been three weeks since my surgery and I suspect in another three weeks I’ll be glad I went through with it. It’s a hard slog, but so is life on a worn-out, washed-up knee.
The weather has been chilly. We had a frost warning early this morning (May 18) and tonight’s low temperature may dip below 40 degrees, so I am posting a poem about another time the weather was unseasonably cold in Michigan. This is a rare poem written during my 40’s; most of my poems were written in my mid-30’s or beginning again in my 60’s. I wrote this poem on a day in June when I needed a winter jacket and really did see coyotes on the beach.
OCCASIONALY IN JUNE (Northern Lake Michigan) Rising to grey skies with winds born on the plains blowing across the Big Lake, it's hard to credit June today. Coyotes stroll the beach as if nearby homes were abandoned, and only barely-budded leaves belie the certainty of snow. But I have no one to please and nowhere to go, so today I have no objection to a wintry morning in June. No objection at all.
And until next week . . .
The world always looks better through the bottom of a root beer float.
Cheers!
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A New Poem Every Monday
(tho’ sometimes life gets in the way)
Joseph Neely, all rights to original material reserved.
The Occasional Poem 
Love this poem! Glad your recovery is going well!
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Keep up the hard work. I think I mentioned my brother in law had one of his done (around the same time as you) and will need the other as well, It sounds like you are doing better than he is.
You got this! 🤗
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Ohhh and BTW, I failed to mention, I love the poem.
Deb
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Cool beans
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I love a blustery day with no one to please & no where to go! Beautifully said, as always.
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Love this! It was a great read, especially after just returning last night from five days in Riviera Maya, and finding I really couldn’t even crack open a window to let the breeze in. Part of me was secretly pleased to know the hood was under a freeze advisory, as I extracted my “still damp from humidity’ clothes from my suitcase. It made the memory of my trip even sweeter. Gotta love Michigan! It never disappoints. Glad you are on the other side of your surgery and hope your recovery continues to make each day better for you.
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