2021 mileage: 2682.7
I rode at 10:30 today, and for the second straight day declined to do one of my regular, established routes. Instead, I rode downtown (on the sidewalk beside Main St.) and then west along Huron St., and then south along Maple Rd. and Oak Valley Dr. (so I could pick up another book from the library).
As I set off, I had a choral piece sounding in my head—a madrigal (secular a cappella work from the Renaissance, sung by a small group) by Luca Marenzio (1553-1599) (we sang it in English translation: Spring Returns). The windy day made me think of its lyric: "Spring returns with balmy zephyrs softly breathèd ..."
There was, however, nothing "balmy" about today's winds, and they were by no means softly breathèd. I was fighting that wind throughout today's ride.
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