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Swiftly Craved Ride

Scooter in the Sticks — Fri, 08 Apr 2016 00:58:56 +0000

Wings of Desire Cold, raining and the approach of night — individually each reason enough to stay home and safe. Yet off I went on the wings of desire, a swiftly craved ride striking me from the warm embrace of a reclining chair, mind sudden burning with one thought — to be on the road. […]

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Beneath the Infinite

Scooter in the Sticks — Sun, 30 Aug 2015 03:03:21 +0000

The moon was rising over the the house, a bright glow forming through the spruce trees. A candelabra burns orange to my left like of something from the set of Dark Shadows. A string of tea lights glows along the fence while Kim prowls the darkness with her camera and a flashlight making images that […]

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Into the Evening Twilight

Scooter in the Sticks — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 03:13:20 +0000

I feel the days getting shorter and already sense the coming of winter. The days are on the downhill slide toward darkness and cold, thoughts that seem premature in August. The drone of summer insects are betrayed by the cooling air of twilight. The hot, sweating nights are gone. More and more I’m riding into […]

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I Need to Go For a Ride

Scooter in the Sticks — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 04:01:29 +0000

“I need to go for a ride.” No other words are necessary — Kim knows what it means, I know what it will do. Chicken soup for the soul. As the days get longer, the temperatures warmer, going for a ride is a bit easier that winter night journeys. Like rocking a baby to sleep, […]

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Darkness and Light

Scooter in the Sticks — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 01:20:34 +0000

With the end of Daylight Saving Time comes the depressing darkness that paves the way to winter. The ride home from work at the end of the day is darker, cooler and more likely to provide interactions with deer. The mix of darkness and light is definitely not working in my favor — one more […]

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Evening Ride

Scooter in the Sticks — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 02:59:00 +0000

Evening Ride At 5:04 p.m. an alert vibrated the iPhone sitting on my desk warning of a severe lightning storm and calling for the evacuation of two athletic stadiums on Penn State’s University Park campus. For once my decision not to ride because of the weather made sense. Three hours later the weather cleared and […]

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Unsatisfying Vespa Ride

Scooter in the Sticks — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 00:56:00 +0000

Not every ride on a scooter or motorcycle is a good ride. Some rides are just too damn short. As the day drew to a close and the weather was beginning to look ominous I had a sudden desire to go for a ride. I can never be sure if it’s really a ride I’m […]

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