Comments on: A Few Moments Alone with My Thoughts https://scooterinthesticks.com/2019/08/a-few-moments-alone-with-my-thoughts/ Exploring life on a Vespa Scooter and Royal Enfield Himalayan motorcycle. Mon, 02 Sep 2019 00:57:12 +0000 hourly 1 By: Steve Williams https://scooterinthesticks.com/2019/08/a-few-moments-alone-with-my-thoughts/#comment-45475 Mon, 02 Sep 2019 00:57:12 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9213#comment-45475 In reply to Chang Domingo.

Well, it certainly isn’t automatic. More time and space to seek it but not sure I’ll ever really find it. The journey is satisfying though.

]]> By: Chang Domingo https://scooterinthesticks.com/2019/08/a-few-moments-alone-with-my-thoughts/#comment-45469 Sun, 01 Sep 2019 13:22:15 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9213#comment-45469 In reply to Steve Williams.

With retirement comes enlightenment…..maybe

]]> By: Steve Williams https://scooterinthesticks.com/2019/08/a-few-moments-alone-with-my-thoughts/#comment-45467 Sun, 01 Sep 2019 12:00:14 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9213#comment-45467 In reply to Mike Berrena.

It take’s 17 moles to cover a journal. It’s sad.

So, have you bought a scooter or motorcycle yet? Tell Elaine that Kim got me a motorcycle for my birthday. She should keep up.

Breakfast?

]]> By: Steve Williams https://scooterinthesticks.com/2019/08/a-few-moments-alone-with-my-thoughts/#comment-45466 Sun, 01 Sep 2019 11:58:58 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9213#comment-45466 In reply to Conchscooter.

One letter.

I suppose for me, my rituals are more mindful. I’m paying more attention. Routines can be kind of mindless. So one is done with intention and the other because I have to. Or something like that…

]]> By: Steve Williams https://scooterinthesticks.com/2019/08/a-few-moments-alone-with-my-thoughts/#comment-45465 Sun, 01 Sep 2019 11:57:24 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9213#comment-45465 In reply to amateriat.

Riding is kind of magical in the regard you describe. Good medicine. To borrow a tired phrase — chicken soup for the soul. Too bad so many have such negative ideas about riding.

]]> By: Steve Williams https://scooterinthesticks.com/2019/08/a-few-moments-alone-with-my-thoughts/#comment-45464 Sun, 01 Sep 2019 11:54:53 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9213#comment-45464 In reply to Laurent.

“Gamberger” — yes, exactly. Thinking and dreaming!

“Gamberger” – oui, exactement. Penser et rêver!

]]> By: Steve Williams https://scooterinthesticks.com/2019/08/a-few-moments-alone-with-my-thoughts/#comment-45463 Sun, 01 Sep 2019 11:51:53 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9213#comment-45463 In reply to DOMINGO CHANG.

Wait — no mention of a URAL?

Are you in the hospital??

]]> By: Steve Williams https://scooterinthesticks.com/2019/08/a-few-moments-alone-with-my-thoughts/#comment-45462 Sun, 01 Sep 2019 11:51:05 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9213#comment-45462 In reply to Jim Zeiser.

That’s an impressive feat — a thousand motorcycles and four scooters across the Walkway. Glad it was enjoyable.

We do live in different psyches Jim. That diversity of thought and deed make life interesting. What a bore to only know people like me.

There is spectacle here in central Pennsylvania but I must admit I mostly steer clear. Crowds of people suck the life from me rather than the other way round. Yesterday saw the first Penn State home football game — a huge spectacle here. And except for those times I was “forced” to attend as part of my job as a photographer I kept as far away as possible. But on the other hand I did attend the BMW International Rally in Bloomsburg, PA some years ago and thoroughly enjoyed that spectacle. Go figure…

]]> By: Steve Williams https://scooterinthesticks.com/2019/08/a-few-moments-alone-with-my-thoughts/#comment-45461 Sun, 01 Sep 2019 11:43:54 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9213#comment-45461 In reply to lostboaterl.

I almost didn’t post because I was thinking of you Ken. Then I said, what the hell, Ken will survive. This morning though you’ll have another 5am email….

The Vespa and BMW share the riding load right now. I have been riding the motorcycle a bit more but I suspect novelty is at work. Evaluate it again in a few months to see if one or the other emerges as a clear choice.

The only thing that really works for me with writing is practice. I have to just sit down and write. If I wait for inspiration I’m doomed. Riding on the other hand — I require no inspiration. I have to mediate my use of scooter or motorcycle lest that would be all that I do.

Hope your morning coffee and grappa is satisfying!

]]> By: Steve Williams https://scooterinthesticks.com/2019/08/a-few-moments-alone-with-my-thoughts/#comment-45460 Sun, 01 Sep 2019 11:39:03 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9213#comment-45460 In reply to andyheckathorne.

When I first read The Seven Story Mountain 20 years ago Merton’s reliance on finding quiet space for his thoughts resonated with me. Similar feelings emerged from Thoreau’s Walden and Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire. It’s no wonder I suppose that I see those quiet places when I ride. And make photographs.

Hope things are going well with you.

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