autumn Archives - Scooter in the Sticks Exploring life on a Vespa Scooter and Royal Enfield Himalayan motorcycle. Tue, 22 Oct 2024 13:43:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 71084491 Rotating Through Scooters and Motorcycles https://scooterinthesticks.com/2024/10/rotating-through-scooters-and-motorcycles/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2024/10/rotating-through-scooters-and-motorcycles/#comments Tue, 22 Oct 2024 13:42:35 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=11152 Too Many Scooters and Motorcycles? How did I come to have five two-wheeled machines in my little one-bay garage? For fourteen years I was content with a single scooter for all my riding. At least that’s what I told myself, an unconscious dishonesty masking my true feelings and desires — a machine for every riding […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2024/10/rotating-through-scooters-and-motorcycles/feed/ 16 11152 Scooting into Autumn https://scooterinthesticks.com/2023/10/scooting-into-autumn/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2023/10/scooting-into-autumn/#comments Mon, 30 Oct 2023 04:11:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=10959 Suddenly Autumn Something has changed over the years regarding the onslaught of autumn and winter. I remember my first hunting trip with my father at 13. It was opening day of Small Game Season in Pennsylvania and as we got out of the truck it was snowing hard. It was mid-October. Long before I was […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2023/10/scooting-into-autumn/feed/ 6 10959 Prescription: Royal Enfield Himalayan and Autumn https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/11/prescription-royal-enfield-himalayan-and-autumn/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/11/prescription-royal-enfield-himalayan-and-autumn/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2022 05:05:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=10792 A Change of Scenery A riding rhythm has eluded me for the past two months. Maybe more. The usual drive to get on the motorcycle or scooter just hasn’t been animating my decisions. Instead, i’ve lost myself in too much television. Too much sugar. Too much sleep. Staring out the window at the changing autumn […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/11/prescription-royal-enfield-himalayan-and-autumn/feed/ 9 10792 Singular Focus While Riding a Motorcycle https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/10/singular-focus-while-riding-a-motorcycle/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/10/singular-focus-while-riding-a-motorcycle/#comments Sun, 02 Oct 2022 06:06:56 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=10775 Chocolate Chip Cookie How is it that a chocolate chip cookie is so important to me? Is it really a talisman of some mindful focus on the present moment? Or merely a reflection of a lifelong addiction to sugar? I choose to believe the cookie’s oversized importance points to something greater than sugar. A magical […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/10/singular-focus-while-riding-a-motorcycle/feed/ 8 10775 When Vespa Riders Gather https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/09/when-vespa-riders-gather/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/09/when-vespa-riders-gather/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2022 13:38:55 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=10772 The Magnetic Attraction of Vespa Scooters If I were adept at mathematics I might create an equation that describes the phenomenon of attraction between these metal machines. Newton, or Einstein might be able to illuminate it. I merely marvel at the scene of suggesting Vespa riders gather. Like a soft force in the Universe. Grateful […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/09/when-vespa-riders-gather/feed/ 23 10772 The Heart of the Ride https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/12/the-heart-of-the-ride/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/12/the-heart-of-the-ride/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2020 05:10:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9856 The Heart of the Ride I wake in the middle of the night and think. Sometimes about riding. More often about the deranged state of everyday reality. I prefer thoughts of riding. Of moving, traveling, experiencing. It’s the heart of the ride. Autumn almost escaped. It’s the swiftest of seasons. The landscape changes from green […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/12/the-heart-of-the-ride/feed/ 18 9856 Haunted in the Autumn Landscape https://scooterinthesticks.com/2019/11/haunted-in-the-autumn-landscape/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2019/11/haunted-in-the-autumn-landscape/#comments Sun, 10 Nov 2019 05:01:58 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9289 Sometimes Riding is Secondary Do you set time aside to take in the autumn landscape? To remember times in the woods? The autumn landscape in central Pennsylvania is nothing short of stunning. I’ve been witness to the symphony of color and fragrance for 47 years — on foot, riding a bicycle, from within an automobile, […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2019/11/haunted-in-the-autumn-landscape/feed/ 27 9289 Another Turned Page: Autumn Scooter Riding https://scooterinthesticks.com/2019/10/another-turned-page-autumn-scooter-riding/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2019/10/another-turned-page-autumn-scooter-riding/#comments Wed, 30 Oct 2019 04:15:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9283 Autumn, the magic hour of light and air of the year. The dazzling power of autumn sunshine quickens the spirit. The helmet visor is often up to absorb the energy that temporarily dissolves care and concern to nothingness. Autumn scooter riding is magical. I’ve been riding and witnessing the world but giving voice to the […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2019/10/another-turned-page-autumn-scooter-riding/feed/ 20 9283 Gripped by Grayness https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/11/gripped-by-grayness/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/11/gripped-by-grayness/#comments Wed, 15 Nov 2017 05:10:37 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=8061 Moving Through a Gray World As autumn fades and winter approaches it feels as if a heavy, gray blanket is being pulled across the world.  Perhaps it’s just me gripped by grayness.  Doesn’t help that I had a head cold for a week which is now burning into my chest and leaving me feeling indifferent […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/11/gripped-by-grayness/feed/ 18 8061 Light and Shadows https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/11/light-and-shadows/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/11/light-and-shadows/#comments Mon, 06 Nov 2017 05:10:45 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=8023 Valley Girl Sweets Not sure if there’s a point to this post. It was a beautiful day to ride, a small ride in the magical autumn light of long shadows and mild, fragrant air that lulls the spirit into a relaxed state before the jarring blow of cold weather. The light and shadows of late […]

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