Paul Ruby Archives - Scooter in the Sticks Exploring life on a Vespa, Royal Enfield Himalayan, Honda Trail 125, and a Kawasaki W650 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 05:06:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 71084491 Riding in Circles https://scooterinthesticks.com/2026/09/riding-in-circles/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2026/09/riding-in-circles/#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=12019 Text Messages “I’m honda trailing to grange if u want to tag along for the ride” Verbatim from Paul. Capitalization and punctuation aren’t required to understand the offer. While I have no desire to go to the Grange Fair it would be nice to get out of the house and go for a ride. That’s […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2026/09/riding-in-circles/feed/ 2 12019 Friendship Follows Interests: Riding and Photography https://scooterinthesticks.com/2026/08/friendship-follows-interests-riding-and-photography/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2026/08/friendship-follows-interests-riding-and-photography/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=12000 Making Friends A young man I know complains how hard it is to meet people. To make friends. For me, friendships have all developed from common interests. Years ago it was hiking and backpacking. Then photography, and now riding. I’d like to tell that young man he is unlikely to find friends at bars, playing […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2026/08/friendship-follows-interests-riding-and-photography/feed/ 7 12000 The Trail 125: Keeping the Spark Alive as the Years Roll On https://scooterinthesticks.com/2026/08/the-trail-125-keeping-the-spark-alive-as-the-years-roll-on/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2026/08/the-trail-125-keeping-the-spark-alive-as-the-years-roll-on/#comments Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=11985 In the Mirror A few years ago, just before turning 70, I looked in the mirror and acknowledged I’m getting old. Not an admission of failure or surrender, but rather an acceptance of reality and the need to make some adjustments. Especially as it pertains to riding. While still able to ride bigger motorcycles I […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2026/08/the-trail-125-keeping-the-spark-alive-as-the-years-roll-on/feed/ 11 11985 Frustration and Gratitude https://scooterinthesticks.com/2026/08/frustration-and-gratitude/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2026/08/frustration-and-gratitude/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=11913 The Mental Merry-Go-Round Over and over I’m reminded that there’s little profit in holding too tightly to my plans. It was demonstrated again as I prepared for a long ride with my friend Paul and proceeded to rip the tire valve from a rear tire of my W650 before even leaving the driveway. Hugely frustrating […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2026/08/frustration-and-gratitude/feed/ 6 11913 Falling in Love With an Empty Road https://scooterinthesticks.com/2026/06/falling-in-love-with-an-empty-road/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2026/06/falling-in-love-with-an-empty-road/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=11676 A Benign Beginning There’s nothing special or unusual about riding to my friend Paul’s house to join him for a ride to breakfast. They’re generally destination oriented by some route chosen for it’s scenic views of the landscape and as lightly traveled as possible. And with the Kawasaki W650 and Harley 48 gravel roads are […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2026/06/falling-in-love-with-an-empty-road/feed/ 6 11676 When Riding Alone Isn’t Enough https://scooterinthesticks.com/2026/05/when-riding-alone-isnt-enough/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2026/05/when-riding-alone-isnt-enough/#comments Mon, 18 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=11497 Ungracious Awakenings By temperament, I prefer to ride alone. Free to embrace the road at whatever pace I desire. Stopping to look or make photographs without concern for the tempo of others. No need to keep checking the mirrors or adjusting speed. Just the freedom to ride with my tumbling thoughts. And still I ride […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2026/05/when-riding-alone-isnt-enough/feed/ 14 11497 The Joy in Riding with Others https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/01/the-joy-in-riding-with-others/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/01/the-joy-in-riding-with-others/#comments Mon, 17 Jan 2022 05:07:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=10538 Coffee and Photographs It usually begins with a text message or phone call — “Interested in a ride to Inglebean?” Most of the time, because of conflicts in schedule or circumstance, the answer is no. I assume the day will come when Paul will quit asking the question due to frustration or deciding I just […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/01/the-joy-in-riding-with-others/feed/ 29 10538 Summer Intuition and Vespa Riding https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/07/summer-intuition-and-vespa-riding/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/07/summer-intuition-and-vespa-riding/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2020 04:10:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9692 Vespa Riding Mornings are the quiet landscape on which my mind wanders the concerns of the day. Looking into the tops of our 70-foot tall fir trees I can see more dying from a blight that slowly kills off the needles leaving stands of naked trees that must be removed. In the past two years, […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/06/riding-in-the-new-normal-world/feed/ 12 9635 The Paul Ruby Show https://scooterinthesticks.com/2018/03/paul-ruby-show/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2018/03/paul-ruby-show/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2018 18:42:09 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=8306 Paul Ruby, Photographer, Rider, eBay Entrepreneur While it may be a shock to my friend Paul Ruby, I’m not surprised he’s managed to pull together a photography exhibition of photographs he’s made of his significant other, Mary Margaret. The show opens tomorrow, Friday, March 2, with an opening reception from 5-8pm at the Art Alliance […]

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