snow Archives - Scooter in the Sticks Exploring life on a Vespa Scooter and Royal Enfield Himalayan motorcycle. Mon, 02 Dec 2024 05:10:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 71084491 Chasing the Flurries: A Small Vespa Adventure https://scooterinthesticks.com/2024/12/chasing-the-flurries-a-small-vespa-adventure/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2024/12/chasing-the-flurries-a-small-vespa-adventure/#comments Mon, 02 Dec 2024 05:10:12 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=11203 Wading Through Weather Decisions Deciding to ride continuously throughout the year requires some honest looks in the mirror. It’s easy for me to equate what I was able to do 15 years ago with how I am today. And when today means I’m 70 years old I had best be rigorously honest about my riding […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2024/12/chasing-the-flurries-a-small-vespa-adventure/feed/ 11 11203 Winter Vespa Ride https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/02/winter-vespa-ride/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/02/winter-vespa-ride/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2022 05:02:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=10596 Waiting to Ride After days of watching the weather forecast and the road surface in the front of the house, I deemed it time to go for a winter Vespa ride. Over the years, winter riding has become almost normal. Before retirement, daily commuting on the scooter often meant navigating cold weather and the things […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/02/winter-vespa-ride/feed/ 15 10596 Days of Snow https://scooterinthesticks.com/2021/02/days-of-snow/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2021/02/days-of-snow/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2021 05:05:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9906 Is This a Good Idea? There was a time when days of snow would have led to some sort of riding attempt on my Vespa scooter. I was young. Fresh. And stupid perhaps. No longer do I roll out the scooter into the fresh snow to “see how it does.” I know the answer to […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2021/02/days-of-snow/feed/ 12 9906 Just Another Snowy Vespa Ride https://scooterinthesticks.com/2018/04/just-another-snowy-vespa-ride/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2018/04/just-another-snowy-vespa-ride/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2018 05:49:31 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=8378 Dogs Love Snow My dogs love snow.  They don’t seem to tire of it or complain about the weather.  They have lessons to teach.  Me, I’m complaining.  Just when I thought the snow was done for the season I woke to six inches of the white stuff.  If it wasn’t so beautiful I would have […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2018/04/just-another-snowy-vespa-ride/feed/ 18 8378 Rage Against the Dying of the Light https://scooterinthesticks.com/2018/03/rage-against-the-dying-of-the-light/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2018/03/rage-against-the-dying-of-the-light/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2018 05:01:15 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=8344 Snow Again: Dying of the Light After a few clear days I can hardly stomach more snow. Dylan Thomas wrote, “Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.” While I can’t say the snow feels like death, I do feel the rage at the dying of […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2018/03/rage-against-the-dying-of-the-light/feed/ 32 8344 Promises of Home https://scooterinthesticks.com/2018/01/promises-of-home/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2018/01/promises-of-home/#comments Fri, 26 Jan 2018 08:57:38 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=8234 The Gray World Drifting through the melancholy gray of winter with little desire to ride or write. The scooter moves through its cold morning stutters to support whatever weak explorations I mount. And then, mostly, my mind is full of promises of home. Home, warm and resting, until some change of mind and thought takes […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2018/01/promises-of-home/feed/ 23 8234 Search for the Spirit of Christmas https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/12/search-spirit-christmas/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/12/search-spirit-christmas/#comments Mon, 25 Dec 2017 06:05:27 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=8167 Exploring in Words It’s late and I’m still searching for the spirit of Christmas. There’s no tree for it to hide under and my heart is worn and tired. Despite the twinkling lights and colorful trappings of the season, Christmas remains elusive. Writing always helps clear away the noise that can mask the truth. A […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/12/search-spirit-christmas/feed/ 38 8167 See the Sunrise https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/12/see-the-sunrise/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/12/see-the-sunrise/#comments Fri, 15 Dec 2017 09:19:37 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=8142 First Snowfall Simple pleasures. Helping shape the mind to accept change. Finding joy and satisfaction where I can. The dual challenges of my wife’s medical situation along with the frigid weather we’ve been having (judged by my growing intolerance of cold) have pushed my ability to go with the flow. The first snowfall of the […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/12/see-the-sunrise/feed/ 11 8142 Snow Day https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/03/snow-day/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/03/snow-day/#comments Wed, 15 Mar 2017 04:10:20 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=7354 Worst Snow Storm of the Season = Snow Day Years ago, this amount of snow, eight inches or so, would not raise an eyebrow or concern.  Life would continue on.  The school buses might run a little behind schedule but otherwise it would just be a regular day with snow added to the mix. When […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/03/snow-day/feed/ 25 7354 Life is Good https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/03/life-is-good/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/03/life-is-good/#comments Tue, 14 Mar 2017 04:15:06 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=7340 Keeping All the Plates Spinning I want to believe life can be simple.  That existence can be reduced to a few, important tasks.  If only I had discipline.  Or more money.  Of if the world would behave the way I think it should.  Then things would be simple. The blog graphic came into existence while […]

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