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?

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

THE THINGS I FORGOT (about riding in the rain)

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What are you, crazy? Lady from down the street Nope, just practicin’. Me, returning from a ride in a downpour What?  Bein'...
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Sunday, October 14, 2012

THE BEAUTIFUL SELKIRK LOOP – at night!

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Second in a series:   The Oregon-Idaho-BC-Washington Autumn Tour The whole point of our October journey to the far north was ...
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Friday, October 12, 2012

EASTERN WASHINGTON – EARLY OCTOBER

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Crossing on WA 2 If there’s an upside to this whole climate change thing, it is that my Puget Sound area buddy gets a few more weeks...
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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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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