Buster Keaton

I’m building a deck for my cabin and yesterday I was sitting inside with the French doors open admiring what I’ve built so far. I have a frame and a couple of ten-foot boards laid across the frame. I need to buy more boards to finish the job. I placed the two boards I have in the middle of the deck and imagined how it would look when I finished.

I decided to walk across the deck to get perspective. The boards weren’t nailed in, but I had wedged them so they wouldn't move when I walked across them. I stepped down on a board and I felt it sink beneath my foot. I guess I didn’t wedge it the way I thought I did. The far end of the board started to lift up and to save myself from total disaster I fell butt first backwards into my cabin. The board went vertical and crashed to the ground. I started to laugh. It was a Buster Keaton moment.

              I’m glad I didn’t hurt myself. It would've been days before someone realized I was missing.