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“Ever stumble into something…find yourself limping along…or get on a roll? These turns of phrase turned into my life…after getting mugged and shot in the spinal cord at age 21. The ensuing decades of stumbling, limping and rolling have now turned into something else. Including this website, a book…and now visitors like you! Welcome.” – Paul Bendix

Paul BendixBlog: Range of Motion
A Wheelchair Odyssey

  • Mudville - I had never been to Oracle Park, San Francisco, home of the Giants. Which, for those of you in the UK and elsewhere, is this city’s baseball team. Here, let me digress to say that I am somewhat “elsewhere” myself … Continue reading
  • At Home - Defeated. That was the word that came to mind when Jane and I finally made it home. Our trip had been a spectacular one. Or spectacularly adventurous. But at that moment the adventure seemed foolish. Not to mention empty. I … Continue reading
  • I’m Back - Defeated. That was the word that came to mind when Jane and I finally made it home. Our trip had been a spectacular one. Or spectacularly adventurous. But at that moment the adventure seemed foolish. Not to mention empty. I … Continue reading
  • Guns at the Opera - Professor of law at the University of Arizona, James Diamond, wonders “Is Healing Possible in the Wake of Rampage Shootings?” Good question, Jim. And normally I ask this question of myself, about myself. Individual shootings like mine don’t make the … Continue reading
  • Rancho los Amigos - It was mid-afternoon on Friday, and Cindy was racing up and down the hallway declaring “I’m horny, I’m horny.” Ike, who was hanging just out in the doorway to my room, muttered that he had something for Cindy to sit … Continue reading