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?

Thursday, March 29, 2012

THE BROTHERHOOD OF RAINY DAY RIDERS

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THERE’S A BROTHERHOOD of riders (closed circuit to “Fishy” and “Demenshea:” make that “sisterhood” or “personhood”) who ride in the rain – s...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

TRASHING THE PUBLIC / PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP

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Don’t it always seem to go That you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til its gone? Joni Mitchell OUT OUR WAY, a lovely little open green space,...
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

PUBLIC TRANSIT: PLEASURES AND PERILS

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I DON’T DO MY OWN WORK on either of the bikes. Neither the Guzzi nor the Beemer. Long ago, dad convinced me that I wouldn’t be good with m...
Saturday, March 17, 2012

WHY LOCAL BOARDS MAKE LOUSY CHOICES

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TRUSTEES OF A PLACER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT face decisions to reduce offerings in music, increase significantly the number of students in cl...
Sunday, March 11, 2012

A QUICK VISIT TO WILBUR HOT SPRINGS

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WESTERN COLUSA (CALIFORNIA) COUNTY I shall return. General Douglas MacArthur (although the General was not referencing this specifi...
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

RIDIN’ THE RANGE

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Bear Creek Road (Western Colusa County) Second in a series of, hopefully, only three… I GUESS IF IT WERE ABOUT 120 YEARS BACK, I’da rode me...
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Monday, March 5, 2012

RETURN TO THE CAPAY VALLEY – AGAIN AND AGAIN

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California State Route 16 TWO THINGS: Great roads and near year-round riding weather. Finding a new place to ride isn’t easy after one’s b...
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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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