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, September 24, 2012

ALL THE GEAR, ALL THE TIME – JACKETS

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Third in a series… My nurse friend wants to ensure that her son on a new-to-him Honda 750 Shadow is properly outfitted for safety.   ...
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Saturday, September 22, 2012

TEN OBSERVATIONS ABOUT ELECTION SEASON

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On facts and fiction: 1.    Facts are inconvenient.   A major candidate’s campaign mucky-muck declared that fact checkers would n...
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Thursday, September 13, 2012

ALL THE GEAR, ALL THE TIME - GLOVES

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Second in a series… Recall the good friend and colleague Registered Nurse whose son, after being exposed by his mother to this...
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Monday, September 10, 2012

ALL THE GEAR, ALL THE TIME - HELMETS

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First in a series… A professional acquaintance of mine – a Registered Nurse – approached me the other day brimming with chagri...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

IN PRAISE OF SMOKING (FOOD)

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About 16 years ago , I purchased something for around 200 bucks that I still use today.   Think about that.   What have you pur...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

FOLLOW-UPS, UPDATES AND CORRECTIONS VI

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Re: Bike Shop in the Shopping Mall: http://thechurchoftheopenroad.blogspot.com/2012/04/bike-shop-in-shopping-mall-bully-of.html...
Saturday, August 18, 2012

CLEARWATER “KRISTA” RUNNING LIGHTS

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Initial Product Review As a rider who’d never used running or fog lights on any of my previous 35 plus years of motorcycling,...
Wednesday, August 15, 2012

CELEBRATING ARNOLD HORSHACK – AND THOSE WHO TEACH HIM.

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Arnold Horshack was a student of mine.   Every year for thirty-plus years, Arnold was there.   It’s true.   My first t...
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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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