In Which Light Sometimes Shines

Oct. 3--Wednesday morning sun. A bit startling to see.

The commuting bike is ready in the shop, which is good news. I hope to pick it up either tonight or tomorrow morning.

Thursday I drove, which was sad because despite being cool, it was a day of sunshine. But Wednesday was the one summer day we had in early October, and it was a day of rare glimpses of the sun—a sometimes milky or partly cloudy sky, but patches of blue and sun shining through.

It was humid, muggy and warm. Then, of course, a front rolled through, thunder crashed and so did the temperatures. There was rain that night, and rain again overnight between Thursday and Friday. But, Friday I did manage to ride, as I had ridden Wednesday, on my mountain “winter beater” bike.

Another Wednesday morning sun picture, with bonus ducks, above. And while there are clouds, there is also still sun (below) as I head home about 6:30 or so.

I was glad of the sun. And glad that the bike shop called to let me know Clarence has a new derailleur.

Finally, I am trying a new bike shop to service Clarence, which I purchased at Cranky’s. I took the bike to Goldfinch Cyclery in New Bo. Parking was an issue, but I encountered two former MMU faculty members while I was down there, which was nice.

And the atmosphere of the shop was nice—I rolled the bike in, the man who looked at it was clearly the same one who would work on it, and he gave me a stern Eldon-like lecture about cleaning my chain.

Which I kind of appreciate. Advice from bike mechanics is good to get—and it just reinforced what I already knew. Where the machinery of a bike is concerned, it’s usually a good idea to listen to Eldon.

And on the C Avenue Bridge Wednesday evening, I spy a buck spying me.