First off — I’m sorry for taking so long to reply to your comments David. Life has taken me through some twists and turns the last few months.

Your 365 day journal seems a powerful tool to see how much there is for which to be grateful. So easy to speed through life and miss most of it.

I’m amazed I am still blogging. However infrequently. And as you say, I write for my own selfish purposes. Satisfaction being one of many. And if someone stumbles upon the posts and finds some value that’s great. There is definitely a torrent of pure garbage on the internet and in the world. I hope the personal ramblings I have remind people that these “little puddles of truth” are out there.

Hope all is well with you.

steve

Everything evolves.

In this moment I am working on a self-improvement project for 2026. I should be ready for January 1.

The core will be a handwritten 365 page journal that I will print and bind. Much like the 2024-2025 365 daily love notes to my wife. There are only two copies, one for me, one for my wife. With a note every day for a full year, it’s easy to go back in time and read the note for this day of the month. I didn’t know what to expect when I started, but it has paid many more dividends than anticipated. I am hoping that this new initiative will do the same.

My blog continues, much like yours does.

I write for my own satisfaction, but also in the hope that what I write, like the things your write and publish, will be a benefit for others, however they manage to stumble on the blog.

So by all means forge ahead in freedom Steve.

There is such an overwhelming torrent of pure garbage circulating, one that seems bound to increase, that our blogs, little puddles of truth, sanity, and compassion, are desperately needed.

Warm regards,

David

Thank you for your kind words about what I share here and on YouTube. All of it is a creative labor of love. Short enough to not run into my impatience which has kept me from doing much on two books I started years ago.

I understand the challenge of repeating the same things over and over again. Medical issues at home have reduced my opportunities for longer riders so I have to take a different approach. Where I ride and what I do don’t play much into my posts or videos. It’s usually some other issue scratching my brain.

I hope you find the spark again. The suburbs may present a barrier of sorts but I bet you’ll find your way free.

Thanks again for commenting and have a great New Year!

Selfish or self care. Hard for me to tell the difference sometimes. Each morning I try to keep an eye on balance in my life and discern the line between the things that are important and those that aren’t. Riding keeps showing up in the important side.

My friend Paul always seems to find something that strikes a chord. That easy rider poster reminds me of my youth where moto-fantasy was rampant. I’m glad I never went down the chopper or biker road though. I don’t think it would have been good for me.

I smiled reading 82°. I could use some of that. The temperature is dropping here to 20F, it’s starting to snow, and it’s windy with 55 MPH gusts. Miserable stuff.

Thanks for taking the time to comment. I appreciate what you share.

Thanks Dave for the kind and supportive words. I appreciate them.

It feels freeing to just be able to post my thoughts and pictures. I hope you and yours have a great New Year!

All the best to you and your loved ones in 2026,

Dave

Another reader suggested the same. I added a note about the RSS feed to the post so anyone savvy enough can go that route.

Good question about writing for myself. For me, the blog works well because of the photographs. If it were text only I would stick to my Moleskine journals. I do write in a journal but those words are far more personal in introspective. The blog has allowed me to track and gather rides and questions while riding with the occasional diversion into photography and dogs.

The question about whether I write for others to read. I had to think about that for a moment. I don’t begin at the page wondering what people want to read. It’s still what I want to think or talk about. But it is gratifying that sometimes someone finds some value in what I share. So writing for myself is likely diluted. And like you, I didn’t set out to build an audience. That has happened organically. Even with YouTube.

For now I’ll muck along into the new year. Best wishes for you to have a good one!