First Sunday in the Ville and just returned from a bike ride to Auburn about 10 K away. Beautiful day, lots of hills, fields of corn and soy on my right and left, farms up long lanes, cows, dogs barking from places unseen on occasion.

Exertion + spirit + sun + drift = very fine.

I came around a corner and on the steep of a north hill a large herd of cattle, their arse ends pointed my way, caught my attention. They were bunched together and moving slowly. Brown and white, black, black and white cows living on a Sunday, moving toward a grassy slope. Later, near Auburn, three jersey cows reacted to my 'moooo' with moos of their own, a doberman raced along a fence line, silent but intent on me the rider. The pedal home, with the wind at my back, made it a fast trip.

Sunday evening coming right up - roast in the oven, a glass of cold Russian beer, and some tunes on the player. Best to you all...