The Church of the Open Road Press

Narratives about motorcycling on Northern California's back roads; Reflections on the history and geography of the North State; Memoirs and early recollections of youthful visits to towns and forests and mountaintops. Also middle-of-the-road takes on current issues in politics and education. Middle of the road? Isn't that dangerous?

Sunday, August 29, 2010

THE PILGRIMS OF WHITNEY PORTAL - WHITNEY PORTAL ROAD

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IN THE HIGHEST REACHES of the Sierra, in the region of Whitney Portal and Kearsarge Pass, the human inhabitants are comprised mainly of sine...
Saturday, August 28, 2010

A REQUEST OF TIME

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Please, Time: Pause. Stop, just for a moment or two. Moments, you know, you have plenty of. Allow your precious gift of self, Time. ...
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WHERE TIME PASSES BY - US 395 AT INDEPENDENCE, CA

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“TIME JUST SEEMS to pass some places by.” I agreed. The speaker was a tourist from Santa Monica. “We can’t let a year go by that we d...
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

WHAT’S THE STORY MEAN?

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FOUR PEOPLE STANDING in four different positions at a crossroads witness a collision between two speeding motor vehicles. Each sees the exa...
Sunday, August 22, 2010

PHOTO ESSAY OF THE MANZANAR RELOCATION CAMP

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IT IS AUGUST OF 2010.  In an effort to escape the hyperbole and extremism of the mid-term elections, I decided to check something off my ...
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

CULTIVATED IGNORANCE

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A UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR who’d lived in Chico for nearly two decades, held on to a lilting Australian accent even after all those years. As a...
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Monday, August 16, 2010

STICKER SHOCK - STATE ROUTE 12, NAPA COUNTY

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A WINDOW STICKER. A pleasant one with a pleasant message. Two children, in white vinyl, praying under a white vinyl cross. Peace. Tranqu...
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

WHILE USING A REAL DICTIONARY…

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I WAS DOING RESEARCH. Well, just researching the meaning of a word. I leafed through the ancient Webster’s – five and a half inches thick ...
Monday, August 9, 2010

THE “OTHER WOMAN”

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“It was great fun, but it was just one of those things.” - Cole Porter I COVET MY NEIGHBOR’S Ducati. But not just his. Damned near any Du...
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Friday, August 6, 2010

TAR SNAKES – A BRIEF NOTE ON SAFE MOTORCYCLE OPERATION UNDER REALLY SPECIFIC CONDITIONS

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THEY APPEAR MOSTLY IN THE SUMMER. And mostly in the afternoon. They are very disconcerting, even dangerous. I’ve driven a motorcycle wi...
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Maps. Some of the best stories one encounters one encounters by reading a map. A map is the framework - the outline - upon which both history and fantasy are crafted. Just as two people can witness an event and come up with entirely different recollections - each completely true, verifiable and accurate - two people can travel the same mapped route and come up with entirely different stories. But without the map, perhaps they'd have no story to tell. Some of the best anthologies in my library are stuffed in my map case.
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