Rain on and off today. But it's not the reason I didn't ride. You see, the semester is drawing to a close. Exams will be given this coming week. Meantime, I had a whole bunch of papers to read and grade. So that's how I spent my day.
Max and Marlee got to spend time with me. Every once in a while, one of them would climb onto the table and park him or herself on the papers. They must know that I'd rather play with them than grade students' assignments. (No offense to my students intended!)
I wonder what they see in those papers. For that matter, I wonder how my bicycles look to them. They see me leave with one of them. Then I'm gone for a while. When I come back, they want to cuddle. What do they think I'm doing while I'm gone? What do they think a bicycle does?
The only time Max and Marlee have actually seen me on one of my bikes is when I'm adjusting it after, say, swapping a handlebar or saddle. They've seen my bikes hanging from my wall, on the repair stand, leaning against walls and bookshelves and even on the floor. But they've never seen them quite this way:
Max and Marlee got to spend time with me. Every once in a while, one of them would climb onto the table and park him or herself on the papers. They must know that I'd rather play with them than grade students' assignments. (No offense to my students intended!)
I wonder what they see in those papers. For that matter, I wonder how my bicycles look to them. They see me leave with one of them. Then I'm gone for a while. When I come back, they want to cuddle. What do they think I'm doing while I'm gone? What do they think a bicycle does?
The only time Max and Marlee have actually seen me on one of my bikes is when I'm adjusting it after, say, swapping a handlebar or saddle. They've seen my bikes hanging from my wall, on the repair stand, leaning against walls and bookshelves and even on the floor. But they've never seen them quite this way:
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