Sam,

I was on my bicycle going about 15. It was not as bad as you would imagine had it been a motorcycle.

I think the whole thing happened because I had my mind on work and the day's tensions with my boss. The van came around me and so suddenly appeared that I turned by pure dumb reflex toward the curb and car. It really was not the van's fault.

I know that when driving a car you have to be very careful around children who can startle and behave unexpectedly. I guess the same is true around elderly people of 50.

I am such a careful driver, bike or car, and have never had a car accident. I have not had a bike accident like this since I was a kid. It is very humiliating. People were stopping to see if the addled old man was ok. A fireman stopped and insisted on checking my neurological signs, then wanted to drive me home.

Today my hand hurts and I think I sprained one or two joints so is tender to touch and move.

onward...

Wherever you go, there you are