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, December 30, 2015

2015: THE CHURCH OF THE OPEN ROAD’S YEAR IN REVIEW

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… in pictures January : an annual trip to the Seattle area includes an annual trip to Moto Guzzi heaven: Moto International. The chur...

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Friday, December 25, 2015

SHOPPING FOR A GUZZI IN AUSTIN, TX

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Impressions of Central Texas – part 3 In an effort to be cool – which, indeed, takes quite an effort in my case – I walked into the Au...

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Wednesday, December 23, 2015

THE GREAT HORSEAPPLE WARS OF THE LATE 1950S

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Towncraft t-shirts for little boys were three for ninety-nine cents at J C Penney. Ranchcraft blue jeans were under s...

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Sunday, December 20, 2015

IMPRESSIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS

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Part 1 Viewing Texas from the outside , one may think the state is a gun slinging, take-no-prisoners, renegade outpost of far-right t...

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Bumpa: 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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