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Riding Discipline

Scooter in the Sticks — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 06:02:36 +0000

The Riding Ritual Wake, exercise dogs, feed them, eat, shower and check the weather report. Make decision to ride or not ride. Riding discipline is a series of actions and behaviors that coalesce around a common goal of performance and engagement with the machine. And that performance is what interests me. Not only for how […]

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Meditation Fuel

Scooter in the Sticks — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 05:13:22 +0000

Gazing Out a Window My living room, before the great window. The heat from the tea penetrates the heavy ceramic mug and into my hands. Steam floats before my face as I gaze out the window, thinking about nothing, feeling everything, and then my concentration breaks for an instant as I’m reminded of the cookies. […]

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Doom of the Warm-Skinned

Scooter in the Sticks — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 20:40:48 +0000

No matter what lies I tell myself, how well I prepare, or how much gear I put on, I feel the burn of cold and ice, the doom of the warm-skinned man. Another cold morning ride with the thermometer just below the freezing mark. Without heated gear my behavior changes with each action weighed against […]

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Other Forms of Travel

Scooter in the Sticks — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 03:25:10 +0000

Having taken a few days of vacation time from work provided the potential opportunity to do some more serious scooter riding with the Vespa. Sloth, weather and bad planning on my part eliminated my options revolving around the Vespa and relegated me to other forms of travel. Weather interfered on a few mornings as the […]

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Cold Riding

Scooter in the Sticks — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 19:05:34 +0000

Cold and grey this morning for my weekly ride into Saint’s Cafe where I attempt to keep a creative flame alive — if only a flicker. The 35F temperature provided another opportunity to try the new First Gear jacket and test my Gerbing electric gloves to make sure they’re working. The jacket was great and […]

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Dreaming

Scooter in the Sticks — Sat, 30 Nov 2013 15:00:00 +0000

The entire morning was focused on dreaming. Or more precisely on ideas and paths not considered or taken, of flights of fancy and journeys of partnership that might be explored. The morning ride had me thinking about what to write on Kim’s birthday card. It’s what makes Vespa riding so great. […]

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Ride More and Aerostich

Scooter in the Sticks — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 03:05:00 +0000

Aerostich is responsible for this ride. Seriously, had I not looked through their catalog last night and read “The World’s Coolest Ride” by Mr. Subjective, I would not have chosen the cold this morning. It’s nice to have a reminder to ride when the weather conspires against instinct. At 29F my hands get cold fast […]

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Attitude Adjustment: Riding at the End of the Week

Scooter in the Sticks — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 23:51:00 +0000

I needed to be out in the world, riding, or making photographs, I’m not sure which. The mist cum rain shrouded the mountains in a dark gloom. Seven miles from home, the gray ribbon of limestone and mud flows through stands of White Pine and hemlock, oak and ash trees creating a sensual canvas of […]

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A Perfectly Ordinary Ride

Scooter in the Sticks — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 01:24:00 +0000

Every route into town is familiar, intimate. Mental notes on every jarring pothole and road seam, trees dropping walnuts and osage oranges, hiding places for police cars and intersections known for drivers running stops signs and traffic lights. If you ride long enough. Ride even longer and the characters along the road come to life […]

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Wonderment and the Small Riding Ritual

Scooter in the Sticks — Mon, 23 Sep 2013 01:44:00 +0000

Quiet, serene, the perfect space for Earl Grey tea and a toasted bagel — Saint’s Cafe in State College, Pennsylvania. What began five years ago as a time to inspire photography and examine contact sheets and prints has become, for me at least, part of a solemn riding ritual. This morning, the day after […]

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