change Archives - Scooter in the Sticks Exploring life on a Vespa, Royal Enfield Himalayan, Honda Trail 125, and a Kawasaki W650 Tue, 31 Jan 2023 19:34:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 71084491 Change and Choice https://scooterinthesticks.com/2023/01/change-and-choice/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2023/01/change-and-choice/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2023 19:33:26 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=10804 Riding Panacea Looking over the blog posts of the past year reveals a steady decline in the production of stories, essays, and messages along with the attendant photographs that have been a stable of Scooter in the Sticks for 15 years. Any deep investigation of this trend has been avoided, passed off to the realm […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2023/01/change-and-choice/feed/ 38 10804 Retirement: A New Adventure https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/09/a-new-adventure/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/09/a-new-adventure/#comments Sat, 24 Sep 2016 04:22:39 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=6825 What’s Ahead on the Road? A foggy ride to work this week and I’m wondering what’s ahead on the road just beyond what I can see.  And I’m wondering the same thing about my life.  My employer, Penn State, is offering an incentive for myself and over 1200 of my colleagues to retire.  After a […]

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