The sun's coming up and the temperature is in the 30s! What a change from last night when, out for a prospective member visit, I was comfortable in a sweater.

Temperatures in the 30s call for full winter battle gear when going out for a bike ride: not only tights and full-finger cycling gloves, but also shoe covers, two layers and then the fleece vest under the bright yellow nylon shell, a head covering under the helmet. The wind that blew in the cold front last night is still blowing -- right into my face for the first eight miles of the ride. What fun, though, when I got to Queen's Lake and turned around for home: that wind was like an unseen hand behind me, pushing me all the way home!

The most significant thing about the above paragraphs: I had an evening free to make a home visit!! It's the first such evening since the summer! I celebrate the end of the Director of Music search process!