death Archives - Scooter in the Sticks Exploring life on a Vespa, Royal Enfield Himalayan, Honda Trail 125, and a Kawasaki W650 Wed, 01 Feb 2017 05:04:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 71084491 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 Talking with God https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/04/talking-with-god/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/04/talking-with-god/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2016 07:06:34 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=6266 Reflection at the Waterfront Tavern — Lewistown, Pennsylvania There are things to learn looking in the mirror, or at a photograph.  Especially when we’re the subject. I’ve always felt some mystery or lesson lurked just below the surface, just out of reach but close enough to sense that there’s more there than meets the eye. […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/04/talking-with-god/feed/ 33 6266 Memento Mori https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/03/memento-mori/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/03/memento-mori/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2016 04:26:42 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=6128 Memento Mori: a reminder of mortality… Witnessing Life Save for the photographs I make for Scooter in the Sticks and a few family snapshots I’ve been an idle photographer.  The darkroom is shuttered and I’ve sold almost all of my “serious” cameras — the Leica is gone along with the view camera.  And with them […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/03/memento-mori/feed/ 25 6128 Meet Yourself on the Road https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/01/meet-yourself-on-the-road/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/01/meet-yourself-on-the-road/#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2016 03:27:12 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=5684 Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. — a passage from Dylan Thomas’s poem “Do not go gentle into that good night”. If you spend much time alone on the road your mind will wander into […]

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