The clock changed this morning with the departure of Daylight Savings Time meaning an extra hour of sleep and it wasn’t dark when I got up. With more and more mornings showing the temperature in the 30s — Fahrenheit — a change of tires isn’t far off now.  Mounting the Heidenau K66 LT Snow Tex tires offers a lot more cold weather performance on the Vespa.

Love seeing the sun rake across Mount Nittany.  After seeing it for over 40 years it’s still magical.

On the ride to work I was thinking about a lot of changes — moving Scooter in the Sticks from Blogger to WordPress, dropping the Google ads, writing more often, writing less often, improving my diet, exercising more, blah, blah, blah…

It’s not even New Year’s Day yet.

Surprised to see the big Honda Shadow on such a cold morning.  A couple hours later every space was full of bikes and aside from my Vespa not a scooter in sight.  But all that will change when freezing temperatures arrive in force.  Not sure I can even stomach the idea of riding in the cold as I type this.  Hot tea will chase away the weakness…

Nothing much changed today.  One more picture of Saint’s Cafe from across the street.  I wonder if I’m considered a regular yet?  Haven’t received any kind of Gold Card or special access.  The people know me by sight if not name.  A few know about the Vespa.

So I sit in the corner and write in a journal, listing all the things I should change.  The list is ponderous but that’s in the morning.  At night, as a date with a warm bed nears, who cares about change.

There’s tea and a brownie with my name on it downstairs.  Kim is searching for something for us to watch on Netflix.  Or Amazon.

No reason to change anything right now…