No push-ups today. My hands hurt like mad. Yesterday I pounded on hot iron, and began smoothing a handle out of cherry wood by hand. Hard work, and it’s taken a bit of a toll on my hands: a blister, and some hot spots that will be blisters if I’m not careful.
Tai chi and qi gong went fine.
[…] the practices change us. Whether it be writing sonnets some times, or just gutting our way through the entry, or just phoning it in, every day we practice and do not shirk is teaching us something. […]