Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that I teach.
One thing I like about my morning commute is that it offers me some time in solitude and reflection. Perhaps that seems paradoxical, as the ride is focused on getting to a particular place by a particular time for the purpose of working with and for other people.
But I am fortunate in that, at least for now, I can avoid the morning rush hour. I leave a bit later than most people and have a couple of routes that take me away from heavily-trafficked thoroughfares. And at this time of year, the weather is neither too hot not too cold for my liking. Plus, pedalling seems to open up my senses so that, for a moment, one of the many millions of trees that are changing,or have changed. color and the park benches on either side of it seem like the most beautiful things.
I'm not getting rich, or anything like it. But, at least, I don't have to contend with the traffic on the LIE or GW, or start my day with all of those angry, depressed and indifferent people you see on the 6:42 from Ronkonkoma!
One thing I like about my morning commute is that it offers me some time in solitude and reflection. Perhaps that seems paradoxical, as the ride is focused on getting to a particular place by a particular time for the purpose of working with and for other people.
But I am fortunate in that, at least for now, I can avoid the morning rush hour. I leave a bit later than most people and have a couple of routes that take me away from heavily-trafficked thoroughfares. And at this time of year, the weather is neither too hot not too cold for my liking. Plus, pedalling seems to open up my senses so that, for a moment, one of the many millions of trees that are changing,or have changed. color and the park benches on either side of it seem like the most beautiful things.
I'm not getting rich, or anything like it. But, at least, I don't have to contend with the traffic on the LIE or GW, or start my day with all of those angry, depressed and indifferent people you see on the 6:42 from Ronkonkoma!
I'm with you... I enjoy my off-peak commutes very much when I can get 'em. You know, if one of those trees along your route stands out for you, you could enter it in my fall tree contest, if, like, you felt like it. nudge. nudge.
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