I did 4 miles the other day and 4 1/2 miles today. I'm cycling faster and learning the ways of the road.

Today I conquered my fear of dogs and rode on a quiet side streewhere I met a very ladylike minature dachmund "taking the air".

She was leahed under a shady tree, sitting pretty. All she needed was a mint julip in her paw and a little straw hat.

She paid me no mind as I huffed on by.