simple living Archives - Scooter in the Sticks Exploring life on a Vespa, Royal Enfield Himalayan, Honda Trail 125, and a Kawasaki W650 Thu, 18 Feb 2016 06:42:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 71084491 Eating Oranges https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/02/eating-oranges/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/02/eating-oranges/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2016 06:42:24 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=5959 Appetite Suppressant There’s something about a pair of dirty old deerskin riding gloves that transforms a luscious navel orange into an ugly orange orb hardly fit for eating.  As much as I like my old riding gloves — they haven’t aged gracefully. For a long time bananas were by fruit of first choice for a […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/02/eating-oranges/feed/ 16 5959 Dinner Dregs https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/02/dinner-dregs/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/02/dinner-dregs/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2016 23:33:50 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=5941 Pizza: Dinner Dregs Simple meals suit me best.  This evening a few bites of leftover pizza — sauce, fresh mozzarella, basil, caramelized onions. A few bites of a lettuce, cucumber and tomato salad, maybe an orange later, and right now, a cup of tea and a few chocolate chip cookies.  Calories controlled by quantity, fat […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/02/dinner-dregs/feed/ 8 5941 The Joy of Less https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/10/the-joy-of-less/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/10/the-joy-of-less/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2015 04:47:54 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=5329 I’m no minimalist.  I’m haunted by stuff. Francine Jay’s book The Joy of Less describes how stuff can weigh you down.  Her advice to imagine all your possessions being chained to your waist makes me think of Jacob Marley’s ghost in A Christmas Carol weighed down by the mess he crafted in life.  I’ve spent […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/10/the-joy-of-less/feed/ 24 5329 Living with Two Dogs https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/09/living-with-two-dogs/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/09/living-with-two-dogs/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2015 01:58:22 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=5212 After a heart attack you find yourself in more doctor’s offices than normal.  I look forward to the reading material, especially catching up with celebrity news in People magazine.  And it’s always nice to affirm actions in medicine — a drastic change in diet, exercise medication — are working.  As my doctor scoured blood test […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2011/02/continue-to-dream/feed/ 22 319 The Evening Meal https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/07/evening-meal/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/07/evening-meal/#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:54:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=410 A slow, relaxed evening at home. A big, heavy box on the front porch containing a hammock stand for a Hatteras Hammock went together quickly and I was finally able to test the hammock Hannah got us for Christmas. Last year. Maybe the year before. I’m not one to rush things. After sufficient testing Kim […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2009/07/evening-meal/feed/ 8 410 Balance: On the Road and in Life https://scooterinthesticks.com/2008/08/balance/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2008/08/balance/#comments Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:43:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=482 Looking out over a quiet morning landscape reminds me of the possibility of balance. What it means and what it takes to achieve. One of the reasons I ride so early in the morning is the world is still a simple place. Returning my father-in-law’s Vespa ET4 on a 60 mile ride at dawn swept […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2008/08/balance/feed/ 11 482 Simple Living and the Pink Bike https://scooterinthesticks.com/2008/06/simple-living-and-pink-bike/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2008/06/simple-living-and-pink-bike/#comments Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:45:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=486 Record fuel prices and evidence of an expanding waistline brought my old Schwinn Mirada bicycle into the light. When concerns related to riding a Vespa and its affect on masculine appearances are directed toward me they fall on the deaf ears of a man who has ridden a pink bike since the 1970’s. For the […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2008/06/simple-living-and-pink-bike/feed/ 13 486 Manage Email, Manage Life, Ride More https://scooterinthesticks.com/2008/02/manage-email-manage-life-ride-more/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2008/02/manage-email-manage-life-ride-more/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:04:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=506 Have you ever wished you had more time? Two days ago I sat at my computer searching for an email I missed. Scrolling back and forth through my inbox it occurred to me (again) that I spend a lot of time “working” on email. And the more I “work” the less I seem to get […]

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