family Archives - Scooter in the Sticks Exploring life on a Vespa, Royal Enfield Himalayan, Honda Trail 125, and a Kawasaki W650 Fri, 12 Jun 2020 03:05:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 71084491 Channeling My Father https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/06/channeling-my-father/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/06/channeling-my-father/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2020 04:10:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9642 Thank You Father When I was five-years-old I watched my father and a couple of his friends rip half the roof off the house and add an addition that would double the size of the house. In high school, I helped him renovate a house and in college we build a house together followed by […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/06/channeling-my-father/feed/ 10 9642 Fork in the Road https://scooterinthesticks.com/2018/02/fork-in-the-road/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2018/02/fork-in-the-road/#comments Sat, 03 Feb 2018 14:46:57 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=8246 On Through the Mud A week ago the Vespa was rolling through some thawing roads, wet and thick with mud, causing me to wish I had taken the time to mount the more aggressive winter tires this season. Pushing the scooter into less than ideal riding conditions seems to be a requisite part of my […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2018/02/fork-in-the-road/feed/ 44 8246 In Sickness and in Health https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/12/in-sickness-and-in-health/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/12/in-sickness-and-in-health/#comments Tue, 12 Dec 2017 13:19:20 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=8128 Embracing the Sunny Days Into every life a little rain must fall.  The same can be said of any relationship or marriage.  It can’t always be sunshine and scooter rides.  Two ambulance rides to the ER for my wife in one week along with some days in the hospital brings a reality to the phrase, […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/12/in-sickness-and-in-health/feed/ 43 8128 Illuminating Family History https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/02/illuminating-family-history/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/02/illuminating-family-history/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2017 05:01:28 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=7152 You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out My mother never uttered those dreaded words to me, either in regard to BB guns or motorcycles.  No explanation was required or offered; I would have neither.  Had she been alive to see me riding now I suspect she would not be pleased.  But she would not stand in my […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/02/illuminating-family-history/feed/ 35 7152 Destination Ohio https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/02/destination-ohio/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/02/destination-ohio/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2017 05:04:43 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=7067 Hunting Snakes and other Memories of a Father My father has been gone almost 14 years from the world.  In my mind and heart he never left.  I see him in the mirror, hear him in my words, and sense him in the places I travel. I believe he and I are quite different.  His […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/02/destination-ohio/feed/ 18 7067 Women in My Life https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/02/women-in-my-life/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/02/women-in-my-life/#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2016 05:08:04 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=5928 Valentine’s Day 2016 Youngest daughter Aleta formed a heart with her hands, and appropriate picture to lead a brief nod to the women I love on Valentine’s Day. Kim Photographing on Ogunquit Beach in Maine.  We’ve spent a lot of time there detaching from the noise of the world.  She’s shown me how to slow […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/02/women-in-my-life/feed/ 17 5928 Focus on the Journey https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/02/focus-on-the-journey/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/02/focus-on-the-journey/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2016 06:15:58 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=5827 Destination or Journey? During my ride to work I was thinking about destinations, places I might like to visit on the Vespa.  Aside from coffee shops and quiet places to write in my journal, I was coming up empty.  There are no dreams of riding to the top of Pike’s Peak, Daytona Beach, the Tail […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/02/focus-on-the-journey/feed/ 30 5827 Why I Blog: Year in Pictures https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/09/why-i-blog/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/09/why-i-blog/#comments Sat, 19 Sep 2015 02:40:22 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=5218 Just found this video that my Google plus account produced — an automated construction using images that I posted to my old Blogger account that were sitting in a Picasa album.  Facebook builds similar things at the end of the year.  Watching I was struck by how well it depicted, in part, some of the […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/09/why-i-blog/feed/ 16 5218 Scooter Riding Daughter https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/09/scooter-riding-daughter/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/09/scooter-riding-daughter/#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2015 02:51:18 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=5181 My scooter riding daughter got her first taste of fog this morning (I think) as we headed south to breakfast.  I offered a few tips, watch traffic approaching from behind, clear your visor, and pay attention to everything, but I think she already deduced the risk. No matter how often I look out across fog […]

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