simplicity Archives - Scooter in the Sticks Exploring life on a Vespa, Royal Enfield Himalayan, Honda Trail 125, and a Kawasaki W650 Thu, 04 Nov 2021 03:33:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 71084491 Riding is Magic https://scooterinthesticks.com/2021/11/riding-is-magic/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2021/11/riding-is-magic/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2021 04:05:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=10490 It’s always a surprise what triggers me to write an essay for Scooter in the Sticks. This time it was dragging the garbage can to the street for pickup and seeing frost on the car. There are hints that winter is approaching; leaves descending from trees; geese honking overhead; squirrels and chipmunks growing fatter and […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2021/11/riding-is-magic/feed/ 25 10490 Simple Pleasures https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/02/simple-pleasures/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/02/simple-pleasures/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2017 05:10:28 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=7187 Cafe Moments If I close my eyes and think about moments of simple pleasure, I always see the same scene; me sitting alone in a quiet cafe, watching the world go by.  This photograph was made almost seven years ago in a small cafe in Perkins Cove, Maine.  I had walked along the ocean on […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/02/simple-pleasures/feed/ 19 7187 Simple Pleasure: Where Do You Find It? https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/09/simple-pleasure/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/09/simple-pleasure/#comments Sat, 17 Sep 2016 04:25:41 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=6815 A New Day Took the freeway to work one day this past week.  A crisp clear morning,  a spine pretending to almost be normal, I stopped to enjoy a moment alone on the road.  It’s a communion of body, mind and spirit that sweeps past unlooked for but welcome.  A simple pleasure that can’t be […]

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