riding Archives - Scooter in the Sticks Exploring life on a Vespa Scooter and Royal Enfield Himalayan motorcycle. Sun, 02 Oct 2022 06:07:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 71084491 Singular Focus While Riding a Motorcycle https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/10/singular-focus-while-riding-a-motorcycle/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/10/singular-focus-while-riding-a-motorcycle/#comments Sun, 02 Oct 2022 06:06:56 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=10775 Chocolate Chip Cookie How is it that a chocolate chip cookie is so important to me? Is it really a talisman of some mindful focus on the present moment? Or merely a reflection of a lifelong addiction to sugar? I choose to believe the cookie’s oversized importance points to something greater than sugar. A magical […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/10/singular-focus-while-riding-a-motorcycle/feed/ 8 10775 Ending the Day on a Vespa Scooter https://scooterinthesticks.com/2021/04/ending-the-day-on-a-vespa-scooter/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2021/04/ending-the-day-on-a-vespa-scooter/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2021 04:05:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=10262 The Nature of Vespa Scooter Riding I have nothing to say. Nothing to write. My mind is so dazzlingly clear and calm that there seems little need to ride. I’m a morning person. At least that’s what I tell myself.  Energy and initiative are in good supply at the beginning of the day.  Everything seems […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2021/04/ending-the-day-on-a-vespa-scooter/feed/ 14 10262 The Heart of the Ride https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/12/the-heart-of-the-ride/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/12/the-heart-of-the-ride/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2020 05:10:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9856 The Heart of the Ride I wake in the middle of the night and think. Sometimes about riding. More often about the deranged state of everyday reality. I prefer thoughts of riding. Of moving, traveling, experiencing. It’s the heart of the ride. Autumn almost escaped. It’s the swiftest of seasons. The landscape changes from green […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/12/the-heart-of-the-ride/feed/ 18 9856 A Time Machine https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/11/a-time-machine/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/11/a-time-machine/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2020 05:10:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9831 I invited my friend and fellow Vespa rider, Andy Heckathorne, to share something about his rides. Writing about two-wheeled adventures beyond straight documentation of destinations is a challenge. I asked Andy to explore what was going on in his head. Beyond that, I left things up to him. Steve Williams I’m grateful that Steve Williams […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/11/a-time-machine/feed/ 26 9831 The Road https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/11/the-road/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/11/the-road/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2020 05:05:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9802 The Long Road The road is a text, a dense book waiting to be discovered, examined, and evaluated. Riding opens the door to a learning process that promises a rich reward of experience and insight. At least that’s how I see it. I know riders who experience none of these things. Their motorcycle or scooter […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/11/the-road/feed/ 17 9802 The Dark Thoughts While Riding https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/08/the-dark-thoughts-while-riding/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/08/the-dark-thoughts-while-riding/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2020 04:10:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9731 Reality and Fiction Early summer morning rides when there’s a hint of fog in the air is a welcome change from the normal occurrence of blue skies and sunlight. There’s a shift in how I respond during a ride and tend to seek less traveled paths. And sometimes that shift opens a door to some […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/08/the-dark-thoughts-while-riding/feed/ 28 9731 Returning to the Moto-World https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/05/returning-to-the-moto-world/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/05/returning-to-the-moto-world/#comments Thu, 28 May 2020 12:40:55 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9618 Out of the Garage and Into the World It was a cool, gray day in my little part of the world. Somehow it feels a little different than it did just two months ago when I parked the scooter and motorcycle. I don’t know how those of you who retire from riding in September and […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/05/returning-to-the-moto-world/feed/ 12 9618 The Physicality of Riding https://scooterinthesticks.com/2019/12/the-physicality-of-riding/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2019/12/the-physicality-of-riding/#comments Mon, 02 Dec 2019 16:46:11 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9334 Riding is Not Exercise I’ve struggled to rationalize it otherwise, but the cold stare of reality shows few qualities of exercise while riding a scooter or motorcycle. Yet there are strong physical qualities that, for me, raise riding to a physical act of purpose and action. I was reminded of this effect while riding the […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2019/12/the-physicality-of-riding/feed/ 21 9334 Scooter and Motorcycle on a Perfect Morning https://scooterinthesticks.com/2019/07/scooter-and-motorcycle-on-a-perfect-morning/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2019/07/scooter-and-motorcycle-on-a-perfect-morning/#comments Wed, 24 Jul 2019 04:01:33 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9148 Sweeping Roads on a Perfect Morning The plan was breakfast at a hitherto unvisited cafe in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. The Everyday Gourmet. Unlike most breakfast rides that generally require less than an hour on the road, this one would require scooter and motorcycle twice that time. Enough to transform serene thoughts of life and liberty to […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2019/07/scooter-and-motorcycle-on-a-perfect-morning/feed/ 16 9148 Riding Enlightenment https://scooterinthesticks.com/2019/06/riding-enlightenment/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2019/06/riding-enlightenment/#comments Wed, 26 Jun 2019 04:05:52 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9107 Sunny Morning Enlightenment Every ride is different. If they weren’t, I would have lost interest in riding a long time ago. My attention can’t be held by the machine I ride. It’s just a tool necessary in being a rider. In the pantheon of cosmic questions, albeit a minor one, is “Why do I ride?”. […]

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