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?

Friday, December 18, 2015

SEARCHING FOR CINNAMON ROLLS – PART V

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Impressions of Central Texas – part 2 The search for the perfect cinnamon roll has been arduous and pains taking.  Up until recently...
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Thursday, December 3, 2015

ENOUGH! AN OPEN LETTER TO MY CONGRESSPERSON

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Dear Congressman: Because, once again, blind allegiance to the Second Amendment has trumped the right to life for several more innocen...
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Monday, November 30, 2015

THE LIFE CYCLE OF A PLACE NAME

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Dusk may be the time when history speaks in greatest clarity I drove through Artois , California the other day. ...
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Saturday, November 21, 2015

The Narrow Road to the Deep North – A Review

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I like really good writing.   If I can smell the meadow, if I am soaked by the rain, if the winds tears through me and I am later gently ...
Sunday, November 15, 2015

AFTER THE RAIN

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A walk in the woods In the morning after last night’s rain we head for trails walkin’ distance from the house. The Spanish Moss...
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Thursday, November 12, 2015

THERAPY RIDE II

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Twelve weeks out or Exploring Old Skaggs Springs Road The harvest is a month past.   Temperatures in the Russian River Valley ha...
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Monday, November 9, 2015

SUMMITING CISCO BUTTE

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Courtesy: T R Stewart In the comic thriller , The Curious Demise of Pug LeBreaux , protagonists Stephen and Jane Meyer hopscotch from...
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Thursday, November 5, 2015

A VISIT TO THE LIVESTOCK AUCTION

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I drove past the Orland Auction Yards the other day.   The place looked the same as it did fifty-five years ago when, a...
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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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