Today, weather.com was calling for light showers to persist up till about 2 p.m. So I waited until that hour and then went out and rode in unseasonably balmy conditions (48°), that were very moist (both the air and the ground).
I had wanted to do multiple round trips to Marsh Park (at least two, and hopefully three) But on the way back home during the first one, I could feel the call of the composition on which I'm presently working (my Requiem), as I've been making excellent progress on the (difficult) sixth movement (a setting of Revelation 21: 1, 3, 4, and 5—John's reflections on the new heaven and the new earth). And I recalled the encouragement of a friend (a former high school teacher) who told me a while ago, "You need to work on your talents. You're not likely to be best known for being a trike rider." So, with those factors in mind, I decided to settle for a single round trip today, completing the 9.5 miles in 51 minutes (one of my better times).
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