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Take a Ride

Scooter in the Sticks — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 06:51:07 +0000

The Secret Garage I can’t be sure if my friend Paul refers to this place as his garage, or his secret garage. Either way, there’s always a bit of mystery here each time I visit. We were going to take a ride a couple weeks ago to breakfast somewhere, the usual dubious plan that’s driven […]

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Riding Toward Simplicity

Scooter in the Sticks — Mon, 07 Aug 2017 04:37:50 +0000

Simple Vespa Riding The hot weather has vanished and I’ve been on the scooter more. Riding nowhere in particular. Just enjoying the passing landscapes. A stop along a rural road to admire the field corn, tall and lush from an abundance of sunshine and moisture. I ride a Vespa scooter because it’s easy. And it […]

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Restorative Powers of Scooter Riding – or Motorcycles

Scooter in the Sticks — Thu, 13 Apr 2017 04:41:22 +0000

Riding Reflections This will be a short post. It’s premise and conclusions obvious to many who already ride a scooter or motorcycle. To others, and perhaps most of those men and women who are thinking about riding, the idea that riding has any sort of powers or rewards beyond transportation or recreation may not even […]

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Am I Too Old to Ride a Motorcycle (or Scooter)?

Scooter in the Sticks — Sun, 13 Nov 2016 06:28:05 +0000

Too Old to Ride? Personal Reflections I’ve been asking myself a lot lately whether I’ve reached a point where I can’t reliably ride anymore. Whether some future motorcycle to be named later or the Vespa GTS scooter that I’ve been riding for the past decade. It’s a crappy conversation to have with yourself if you […]

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Scooter Country

Scooter in the Sticks — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 04:05:47 +0000

The World is My Oyster There are times on the road, alone and on the way home, that everything feels completely familiar. It’s my own world. Scooter country. As good as that feels, it can lead to a comfortable disregard of everything and end not seeing anything. Pulling off the road, turning off the Vespa […]

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Ride to Work 2016

Scooter in the Sticks — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 05:12:33 +0000

On the Ride to Work It was pure coincidence that I rode to work on Ride to Work Day. After two weeks off I left early enough for a leisurely commute and stopped to make one photograph during a small rustic detour. At 7:30am the temperature was already above seventy degrees. It was a near […]

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Vespa Meditation

Scooter in the Sticks — Sun, 19 Jun 2016 04:57:30 +0000

Strange Reminder of a Vespa Meditation I saw this Buddha statue in the hollow of a tree toward the end of a ride. It highlighted what I was experiencing on the scooter — a deliberate and ongoing rumination of thoughts and questions that cloud my mind along with a more and more focused recognition of […]

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Vespa on the Road to Memory

Scooter in the Sticks — Sat, 04 Jun 2016 16:21:35 +0000

For anyone who rides a scooter or motorcycle there’s probably nothing here you don’t already know. So turn off the computer, get up, and go for a ride. But if you’re new to the riding life, or in that luscious world of dreams and fantasy filled with two-wheeled lies and adventure, then maybe you might […]

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Riding Kaleidoscope

Scooter in the Sticks — Mon, 30 May 2016 04:05:33 +0000

Are your weekends on your scooter or motorcycle a riding kaleidoscope? Winding Roads Some days, I swear I see better than others. Objects seem to leap out toward my eyes and landscapes become small cinematic experiences. It’s like a riding kaleidoscope where there’s a constant change of pattern, texture and form. Or maybe it’s just […]

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Destination for Next Ride

Scooter in the Sticks — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 05:10:21 +0000

Where Am I Headed? After a month of posting daily to Scooter in the Sticks I need to pull off the road for gas and look at the map. Not sure where I’m headed or what I hope to see along the way. Riding home from work today had me thinking about a direction. And […]

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