the rix mix

Took late afternoon train to Rahway (tempted to stay on it all the way to Long Branch); stopped at Dunkin' Donuts at the Shell station - Filipino woman there who used to work overnights when I lived nearby, so glad to see me she gave me a free donut; went to Rahway River Park, hung out with lethargic ducks, sketched a couple of craggy trees next to the pond. Really lost myself, so it was something of a shock to pedal back out on to busy St. Georges' Ave. & down to CVS to pick up a spindle of sale cd-r's. There were no geese in Rahway Park, less droppings, healthier grass - maybe the "natural habitat" bushes & short wire fences along the pond have really helped ease the problem. Good sign that a red-wing blackbird kept flying out of the bushes by the pond, they prefer thick vegetation & some isolation - the more rugged, inaccessible (unless you enjoy poison ivy) areas of Sandy Hook are loaded with them.

But I only feel really comfortable on a bike in Ocean Grove & beach towns south of there, where a lot of people actually ride bicycles on local errands & over to the ocean instead of taking their cars. The old-fashioned "Beach Cruiser" is still popular, & I'd ride one if I had a place at the shore.
Got that temporarily outta my system. & to think I wanted my niece to get married in her mom's RCA church. I was blinded by sentimentality. One thing my niece ain't is homophobic.