vespa riding Archives - Scooter in the Sticks Exploring life on a Vespa Scooter and Royal Enfield Himalayan motorcycle. Tue, 22 Oct 2024 13:43:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 71084491 Rotating Through Scooters and Motorcycles https://scooterinthesticks.com/2024/10/rotating-through-scooters-and-motorcycles/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2024/10/rotating-through-scooters-and-motorcycles/#comments Tue, 22 Oct 2024 13:42:35 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=11152 Too Many Scooters and Motorcycles? How did I come to have five two-wheeled machines in my little one-bay garage? For fourteen years I was content with a single scooter for all my riding. At least that’s what I told myself, an unconscious dishonesty masking my true feelings and desires — a machine for every riding […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2024/10/rotating-through-scooters-and-motorcycles/feed/ 16 11152 Scooting into Autumn https://scooterinthesticks.com/2023/10/scooting-into-autumn/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2023/10/scooting-into-autumn/#comments Mon, 30 Oct 2023 04:11:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=10959 Suddenly Autumn Something has changed over the years regarding the onslaught of autumn and winter. I remember my first hunting trip with my father at 13. It was opening day of Small Game Season in Pennsylvania and as we got out of the truck it was snowing hard. It was mid-October. Long before I was […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2023/10/scooting-into-autumn/feed/ 6 10959 I Need to Go for a Ride https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/01/i-need-to-go-for-a-ride-2/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/01/i-need-to-go-for-a-ride-2/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2022 05:05:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=10551 Morning Chaos These photographs and reflections are from a ride I made this past September 2021. There is a short time interval between the calm and quiet of waking in the morning and the sudden jolt of frenetic chores, tasks, and running around. If I manage an hour of quiet time I feel blessed. And […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/01/i-need-to-go-for-a-ride-2/feed/ 18 10551 The Art of Being Alone https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/01/the-art-of-being-alone/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/01/the-art-of-being-alone/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2022 05:05:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=10528 Clearing the Mind Being alone is the only reliable way I’ve found of clearing my mind. It may take place in a chair by the window in my office, on a walk through the woods with the dog, or on a ride on my Vespa scooter. The common connection is that I am by myself, […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/01/the-art-of-being-alone/feed/ 47 10528 Video: Vespa Haiku https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/07/video-vespa-haiku/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/07/video-vespa-haiku/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2020 04:05:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9696 A glimpse of a Vespa Ride The 10th video I’ve produced for Scooter in the Sticks. I’ve decided to continue experimenting with this media. And of course, continue to post photographs and text from riding experiences. For this entry, I was interested in how short I could construct something that still had meaning. The Vespa […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/07/video-vespa-haiku/feed/ 24 9696 VIDEO: Ode to the Machine https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/07/video-ode-to-the-machine/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/07/video-ode-to-the-machine/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2020 04:10:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9681 Over and over I’m reminded of the effect riding a scooter or motorcycle has had in my life. They have a peculiar power to make it possible to shed dread and angst. I don’t try to understand. I accept it as true. This Vespa video is a feeble attempt to capture the experience.

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/07/video-ode-to-the-machine/feed/ 27 9681 Video: Maintenance, Helmets and Riding A Vespa Scooter in the Pandemic https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/05/video-maintenance-helmets-and-riding-a-vespa-scooter-in-the-pandemic/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/05/video-maintenance-helmets-and-riding-a-vespa-scooter-in-the-pandemic/#comments Thu, 07 May 2020 04:10:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9598 Another VLOG Entry Only four entries into my ten video target to determine if making videos has any utility in my blogging life and I’m behind schedule. My plan was to post every other Monday. This entry is a quick update on the status of things in my world and a continuing experiment with cameras […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2020/05/video-maintenance-helmets-and-riding-a-vespa-scooter-in-the-pandemic/feed/ 18 9598 Vespa Scooter as Therapy https://scooterinthesticks.com/2019/04/vespa-scooter-as-therapy/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2019/04/vespa-scooter-as-therapy/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2019 04:11:09 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=9013 Emerging From Winter Warm weather has me on the road again. The act of riding reminds of the Vespa scooter as therapy. Whatever darkness descended in winter lightens and vanishes like smoke in the wind as I ride along country roads. Everything looks different. Brighter. The light is dazzling. The world is flush with the […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2019/04/vespa-scooter-as-therapy/feed/ 22 9013 Riding in the Dog Days of Summer https://scooterinthesticks.com/2018/08/riding-in-the-dog-days-of-summer/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2018/08/riding-in-the-dog-days-of-summer/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2018 06:35:24 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=8558 Thoughts and Feelings of Summer The crickets and katydids are deafening as I attempt to write. Even through the drone of tinnitus, a hearing affliction that robs me of some of the high frequency details of life. Night sounds whisper of the flush of summer, the fullness of living things just before they begin their […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2018/08/riding-in-the-dog-days-of-summer/feed/ 22 8558 Photography Show https://scooterinthesticks.com/2018/06/photography-show/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2018/06/photography-show/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2018 04:43:30 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=8470 Announcing a Scooter in the Sticks Photography Show In 63 days there’ll be an opening reception for my photography show at the Art Alliance Gallery Downtown in State College, Pennsylvania.  It will take place on Friday, August 3, from 5 to 8pm. The show will run from August 3 – 26. For more details and […]

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