Back in the saddle

My colleague (and next door neighbor) took a spill two weeks ago on the ice that crusts the campus, and his fall produced a broken rib and a superficially punctured lung. He's recovering well and should be back soon. In the meantime, I am covering some of his FRESHMEN classes. Last week, I challenged them to make him cards. I left their messages and designs to their creative ceilings. In the process, I ended up explaining what "Back in the saddle again," means. It wasn't something I promoted, just something worth teaching as a phrase of future reference. As it turned out, about 80% of the cards have that ridiculous sentiment written somewhere on them. And speaking of ridiculous...

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