Essays Archives - Scooter in the Sticks Exploring life on a Vespa, Royal Enfield Himalayan, Honda Trail 125, and a Kawasaki W650 Sat, 28 Dec 2024 15:34:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 71084491 A 2024 Year End Inventory https://scooterinthesticks.com/2024/12/year-end-inventory/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2024/12/year-end-inventory/#comments Sat, 28 Dec 2024 15:34:49 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=11226 What? Me Worry? Aiden is no Alfred E. Neuman but he definitely doesn’t worry about much. Food, sleep, walks, play, and cuddles. In my life he reflects the simple things in life. And right now he lays at my feet as I type, resigned that for the moment I’m sitting in his favorite chair. The […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2024/12/year-end-inventory/feed/ 14 11226 The Gift of Riding https://scooterinthesticks.com/2024/12/the-gift-of-riding/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2024/12/the-gift-of-riding/#comments Mon, 09 Dec 2024 18:57:29 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=11206 Realizations of the Obvious I can get lost inside myself. Preoccupied with meaningless or sometimes even harmful or pointless preoccupations that cut me off from the living world. From friends and family. From the things that give meaning to life. Like going for a ride to breakfast with my friend Paul. There are reminders everywhere […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2024/12/the-gift-of-riding/feed/ 16 11206 Vespa Scooter Freedom https://scooterinthesticks.com/2021/05/vespa-scooter-freedom/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2021/05/vespa-scooter-freedom/#comments Fri, 07 May 2021 04:18:46 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=10293 Freedom is the oxygen of the soul. MOSHE DAYAN An escape from the noise of everyday life into a state of Vespa scooter freedom is a gift of hope and joy. The same now as it was when I began riding a scooter so many years ago. In minutes the noise and stress that can […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2021/05/vespa-scooter-freedom/feed/ 16 10293 Rider Indifference https://scooterinthesticks.com/2021/03/rider-indifference/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2021/03/rider-indifference/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2021 04:03:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=10210 Shaking Rider Indifference *NOTE* This post has been pressured by rider and hair stylist Billy Blades. I avoid him. He’ll tell me my hairstyle is something out of the 1980s. He rides a Goldwing. Can I really trust him? 😃 *NOTE* One morning my dog Lily knocked me down some steps in the garden while […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2021/03/rider-indifference/feed/ 54 10210 Dreams and Other Realities https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/04/dreams-and-other-realities/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/04/dreams-and-other-realities/#comments Wed, 26 Apr 2017 05:14:45 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=7476 The End of Things I’ve been blessed with a cinematic form of daydreaming — sequences of images and narration that move seamlessly through time and space to tell a story. I don’t know whether this a common trait among people. It’s provided entertainment and distraction throughout this life. Riding at times provides a stage for […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/04/dreams-and-other-realities/feed/ 17 7476 Life is Good https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/03/life-is-good/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/03/life-is-good/#comments Tue, 14 Mar 2017 04:15:06 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=7340 Keeping All the Plates Spinning I want to believe life can be simple.  That existence can be reduced to a few, important tasks.  If only I had discipline.  Or more money.  Of if the world would behave the way I think it should.  Then things would be simple. The blog graphic came into existence while […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/03/life-is-good/feed/ 18 7340 Little Boxes https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/02/little-boxes/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/02/little-boxes/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2017 05:40:14 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=7159 Confined in Wide Open Spaces Thinking about an open concept versus rooms with walls.  The common interpretation would refer to the architectural approaches to living and working spaces. Bright, open spaces with vaulted ceilings and window walls as opposed to more conservative and confined areas that may be secreted and cut off from the rest. […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/02/little-boxes/feed/ 8 7159 Spokesman for Myself https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/11/spokesman-for-myself/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/11/spokesman-for-myself/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2016 05:08:30 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=6927 Just Wandering Those days with no meaning or purpose, just seeing what the road will reveal is happiness.  This process is infused in much of the work that appears on Scooter in the Sticks — the writing and photographs — are reflections of those experiences. I photograph, write and post the results to better understand […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/11/spokesman-for-myself/feed/ 8 6927 Fear on the Road https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/10/fear-on-the-road/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/10/fear-on-the-road/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2016 13:53:37 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=6896 But I love Halloween, and I love that feeling: the cold air, the spooky dangers lurking around the corner. Evan Peters, American Actor Lest Imagination Runs Away… Riding my Vespa scooter through the countryside I began thinking about Halloween.  It didn’t take long for my imagination to begin creating scenarios straight out of the scary […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/10/fear-on-the-road/feed/ 5 6896 Pokemon Go Alternative https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/07/pokemon-go-alternative/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/07/pokemon-go-alternative/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2016 04:21:14 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=6710 Pastimes and Obsessions I see people everywhere, in town, on my dog walks and along the road when I’m riding — faces buried in their Smart Phones connected to what I imagine — Pokemon Go.  For those living under a rock, Pokemon Go is a new mobile game based on the classic Pokemon game and […]

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