Sunday, August 4, 2024

A Fish Tale

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I've never caught a fish in my life. And not for lack of trying. Friends fish. Friends catch fish. Friends take me fishing. The fish lau...
Monday, July 29, 2024

New York

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I have an '84 El Camino that is a work in progress. Today I was flushing out my cooling system which involves filling and draining the r...
Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Success

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Woody Allen said the 80% of success was just showing up. I take that to mean both mentally and physically. You can't get anywhere if you...
Sunday, July 21, 2024

Money Matters

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There was a time when I was a happy-go-lucky beach bum party guy. I always managed to find the money to pay the rent on the house I shared w...
Saturday, July 20, 2024

Life lesson

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My friend Dave and I were camping in Yosemite for a few days. As we were packing and getting ready to go I mentioned that I wanted to stop a...
Friday, July 19, 2024

Life Choices

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Once upon a time, a very long time ago, I wanted to be gay. I had no idea what that really meant but I passed this little bar on my way to m...
Thursday, July 18, 2024

Nuts & Bolts

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One of the first things that they teach at Honda Technical Training is how to tighten a bolt. Simple right? Righty tighty, lefty loosey. How...
Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Too many motorcycles and not enough time to ride them

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Once upon a time I had one motorcycle. I rode it all the time. Jump on and go wherever I wanted. Then I got another motorcycle. One for the ...
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Saturday, March 30, 2024

Twenty Years Ago

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Much hiking but little biking lately. Snow on the trails has made them muddy and treacherous. Wrenching on the Triumph when I can gather eno...
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Friday, March 22, 2024

Let's try this again !!

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This year I'm leading a trip across Utah on the original Pony Express Trail (all dirt but not too tough). An overnight campout at Blue L...
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Saturday, March 19, 2022

Trip Prep

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"Getting ready for the trip to Death Valley and Baja California is going slowly. The fact that it is going at all is a major advance ov...
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Thursday, January 13, 2022

2022 - It has to be better

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2021 ended with a crashing thud. Endless days of a non-covid flu with relentless complications that are just now getting better. Plans for 2...
Tuesday, May 25, 2021

History

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This is a note from my friend Bob who is on a month long trip along the east coast: This is a story of unforeseen circumstances, of serendip...
Thursday, May 6, 2021

Romance

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A farmer and his wife are driving along in their pickup when she says,        You never tell me you love me. He replied,        I told you I...
Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Romance

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A farmer and his wife are driving along in their pickup when she says,           Remember when we used to drive all scrunched up close, side...
Monday, April 19, 2021

Boston Drivers Abroad

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A few months back a woman in a Mercedes was riding on my back bumper maybe 2' away. I kept slowing down but she didn't get the messa...
Sunday, April 11, 2021

Certified Adult

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Once a month I take the neighborhood kids to the town swimming pool. It gives them a break from their parents and their parents a break from...
Sunday, April 4, 2021

Spring

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Today is that glorious day when I reach into the back of my closet for the shorts I put away last fall. 72F today so I'm loving it. I kn...
Monday, March 29, 2021

Safety Tip

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Do not put your finger through the hole in a bagel while slicing it. The cream cheese will not cover up the blood! Make my day, tell a frie...
Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Plumbing

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It began, as all these sorts of things do, with an innocent remark, “The sink in my bathroom seems to be leaking a little. Could you look a...