Saturday. A day begins without oppressive humidity which invites outdoor activity. A promise of a pleasant and congenial session for the Batavia Farmer’s Market. Summertime’s weekly opportunity to gather with others on N. River Street parallel to the river is the counterpart to the Agora, a public square where commerce, where the forming of public opinion took place in the Athens of Pericles. Certainly thereafter where humans

have lived, this has been so. A link to our past, our rootedness as social, as convivial animals, – entirely natural.

And “that” harmonizes with a sky, with the river that flows so majestically, impassively within view of everyone.

P.S. – No, I did not achieve my intent to visit the racetrack yesterday. Rain, lots of rain.