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?

Saturday, June 1, 2013

EXHIBIT 1: THE LOVE OF MONEY

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Plastic shopping bags are little more than a convenient non-necessity.   The discontinuation of their production would not negatively im...
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Friday, May 31, 2013

PARALLELING HISTORY: WINNEMUCCA TO GERLACH

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On the Cedarville, Burns Winnemucca Tour Final Installment of the Series We left Winnemucca intent on avoiding I-80 as muc...
Thursday, May 30, 2013

DINING WITH NEW FRIENDS – THE HISTORIC MARTIN HOTEL

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On the Cedarville, Burns, Winnemucca Tour Sixth in a series… Nevada exists , or so the wisecrack goes, to provide Interstate 80 somet...
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

POMP’S CIRCUMSTANCE: LOCATING JEAN BAPTISTE CHARBONNEAU

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On the Cedarville, Burns, Winnemucca Tour Fifth in a series… The high sweeping desert of Oregon is as good a place as any to enjoy...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

ON THE OLD ION HIGHWAY

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On the Cedarville, Burns, Winnemucca Tour Fourth in a series… The old Idaho Oregon Nevada route, known as the ION Highway di...
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Monday, May 27, 2013

LUNCHING WITH VANNA WHITE: FIELD’S STATION, OREGON

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On the Cedarville, Burns, Winnemucca Tour Third in a series… Denio, this day, was closed – locked up tighter than a barrelhe...
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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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