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?

Monday, February 27, 2012

WHY OUR DEMOCRACY DOESN’T WORK

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QUITE SIMPLY, our democracy doesn't work because we (collectively) don’t pay attention. This makes it really easy for anyone to say any...

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Thursday, February 23, 2012

BOOM AND BUST AND BOOM, AGAIN: REVISITING DUTCH FLAT

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It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future. Yogi Berra, (also attributed to physicist Niels Bohr) MAYBE A DECADE AGO, an ...

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

HOW TO SAVE A QUICK THIRTEEN HUNDRED BUCKS

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HAVING BEEN HIT with a mild mid-winter cold – not one severe enough to preclude me from housework or yard cleanup, but one where the over-th...

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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

TEN RULES FOR CLARITY IN WRITING

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I AM CURRENTLY READING A NOVEL with a good story line, but one that is hard to read because it is so poorly composed. I’m hanging in there,...

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

MY FIRST ADVENTURE RIDE

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…on the world’s greatest tiddler. Google Image ARGUABLY, THE GREATEST TIDDLER of all time was the Honda CT “Trail” 90. Back in the late...

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Friday, February 3, 2012

THE BACK WAY INTO NORTH BLOOMFIELD

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THE GROUNDHOG having seen his shadow this fair February second, it seemed like a good day to ride. Perhaps, even to find some mud. The li...

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Bumpa: 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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