relaxation Archives - Scooter in the Sticks Exploring life on a Vespa, Royal Enfield Himalayan, Honda Trail 125, and a Kawasaki W650 Wed, 25 Mar 2020 15:05:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 71084491 Riding in the Zombie Apocalypse https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/03/riding-in-the-zombie-apocalypse/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/03/riding-in-the-zombie-apocalypse/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2020 12:24:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9538 Reality in the Bright Sun Can I outrun the advancing zombies on my motorcycle? Those words echo in the darker chasms of my mind, a river of fear flows through the abyss and I’ve slowly overcome by a fever of fear and anxiety. Far above there’s panic in the world. And the only treatment, or […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/03/riding-in-the-zombie-apocalypse/feed/ 28 9538 Chocolates by Leopold https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/10/chocolates-by-leopold/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/10/chocolates-by-leopold/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2015 18:35:45 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=5384 Lately there’s been three things in the top case on my Vespa — extra gloves, a Rev’It rain suit and a box of chocolates.  Just a half mile down the street from my home is a new gourmet candy store named Chocolates by Leopold.  No discussion is forthcoming regarding to my long and tortured addiction […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/10/chocolates-by-leopold/feed/ 18 5384 The Brief But Magnificent Opportunity https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/06/the-brief-but-magnificent-opportunity/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/06/the-brief-but-magnificent-opportunity/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2015 04:00:41 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=4814 I thought of my father this morning while riding through the dense green of Bald Eagle State Forest. He would have been 87 today had years of hard work in mines, steel mills and cigarettes not claimed his lungs and life eleven years ago.  As a boy he and my mother would take me to […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/06/the-brief-but-magnificent-opportunity/feed/ 31 4814 Breathing in the Road https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/05/breathing-in-the-road/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/05/breathing-in-the-road/#comments Tue, 26 May 2015 00:41:17 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=4756 Aimless with a wandering mind, a difficult state to visit, a worthy goal to have — at least in my world.  As the Vespa moves slowly along path and pavement under a bright sun and blue sky most noisy ideas and concerns grow limp and dissipate leaving only the scooter and the road.  The mind […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/05/breathing-in-the-road/feed/ 22 4756 Relaxation and a Morning Vespa Ride https://scooterinthesticks.com/2011/07/relaxation-and-morning-vespa-ride/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2011/07/relaxation-and-morning-vespa-ride/#comments Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:07:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=258 I’m that dog, quiet, aware, and letting the day wash over me.  Except I don’t have to lay on the concrete.  And I can enjoy a breakfast sandwich and juice at the local Starbucks.  I don’t know this dog, he doesn’t know me, but we passed time quietly this morning in the same space.  Not […]

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