Lorraine Berry, aka fingerlakeswanderer, had a bicycle accident yesterday. She was out on her first big bike ride of the year and had gone about ten miles. The peepers were peeping. The sun was warm. The day was glorious.

She saw a bunch of male turkeys strutting around, fanning their tail feathers, posturing for the benefit of nearby females. With spring mating season upon them, they were working hard to impress the females with their maleness so that the turkey population would continue. The females, however, were standing off to the side oblivious, pecking in the dirt for edible morsels, impressed not at all.

Lorraine laughed and shouted to the turkeys that they were foolish. She zoomed past them, the males continuing to display the signs of their potential prowess with the hens and the females continuing to be unimpressed.

She rounded a curve a little too fast. She knew it was too fast. She knew that there were potential problems with inertia taking over and throwing her off the bike when Sir Isaac Newton was in the driver’s seat. Lorraine achieved flight, whammed headfirst into the turf leaving a 4-inch divot.

She says the EMTs were hot. My surmise from that statement is that she’s going to fully recover. She’s battered and bruised. Nothing’s broken. But she wants you to know that the bike helmet probably saved her life. She has a lot of soft tissue bruising but it could have been much worse.

Please take a few minutes out of your day today and send fingerlakeswanderer a message of encouragement. I know she’ll be happy to hear from you. And remember: when riding your bike, always wear your helmet and don’t laugh at the turkeys during mating season. Apparently, they will have their revenge.

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