I really like the idea of ordinary virtues. I’ve been turning those words over in my head since I first read your comment a few hours ago. Not sure where they’ll take me but I enjoy the new path opened by you.

If there is an uplifting quality to my writing it is a direct result of the way I feel after riding. It’s hard not to feel great on the road. And I bet I would feel that way on a K-bike too.

Thanks again for your kind words. I do appreciate it. And now I owe you breakfast.

Conchscooter: Sad how much bad stuff is inflicted in the world without much reason. Fear fuels a lot of heartless, inhuman behavior.

Anonymous: I was never interested in the Harry Potter series. My limited conception of the books, and a sort of knee jerk negative response to a character with the name of Harry Potter kept me away.

On a vacation in Maine a copy of the first book was in the hotel room and I started to read it. Far better than I imagined and much better than the movies. Read them all.

Broadband resets in a week? Are you in a storm damaged area? Hope things are ok.

Tolkien said that the creative process and using one’s imagination is an act of spiritual study. The act of creating stories, creativity implicitly, helps us understand life better.

“Only by myth making, only by becoming a sub-creator, and inventing stories can man aspire to the state of perfection he knew before the fall. Our myths may be misguided but they steer, however shakily to the harbor.”

I found today’s post personally inspiring, and watched it through twice. Thank you for posting this. We are never the mesure of our failure… Through our measure of success is often heightened by the climb.

Speaking of success..

I would also like to congratulate you on your blog’s climb to the highly coveted position of #7, of the top 10 motorcycle blogs on the Wikio.com Community. According to the stats, your popularity is climbing and your blog will no doubt continue to rise higher.

I found it through this link:
http://www.wikio.com/blogs/top/motorcycle

Michael Beattie of Key West Diary and I were chatting on the phone today, and he mentioned how your blog has an uplifting quality to it, that readers appreciate.

I think he called it right.

Once again, congratulations. And I hope to run into at breakfast one day this summer.

Fondest regards,
Jack • reep • Toad
Twisted Roads