Out on the Rawland Nordavinden at 0900 for a clockwise circuit of the Battle Green in the shady-breezy-warm-and-moist air, before the worst of the heat, humidity, and ground level ozone got its act together, the latest in a series of short morning rides that seem to agree with both my schedule and the weather forecast.
Paused at the Robbins Cemetery in East Lexington; somehow this intimately peaceable assembly of the familiar (to each other) dead seems like better company than the unhinged and badly-behaved living that are described in the TV news and that we sometimes see on the streets and paths.
Clockwise around the Battle Green.
Seen from the West side of the Green, the flagpole dominates the view, and the other monuments disappear into the trees.
I've been riding the Nordavinden a good deal more this year than ever, and am really coming to appreciate its lively frame and low trail, at the same time that my body is becoming so familiar with the bike that it seems to disappear.
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