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?

Thursday, August 31, 2017

TEACHING IN VIOLENT TIMES

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I heard you in my head yesterday. I taught a lesson yesterday during a lockdown. I taught in a whisper. I heard yo...
Friday, August 25, 2017

A LITTLE ROAD TRIP MUSIC

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… some thoughts and incidents from the great California to Vancouver Island Loop of 2017… A couple of months back , Dan Rather, ven...
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Tuesday, August 22, 2017

SMOKE ON THE WATER – A BRIEF TOUR OF VANCOUVER ISLAND

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… some thoughts and incidents from the great California to Vancouver Island Loop of 2017… Vancouver Island is a Pacific gem worthy...
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Sunday, August 20, 2017

REVISITING THE OREGON COAST – FOR THE UMPTEENTH TIME

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… some thoughts and incidents from the great California to Vancouver Island Loop of 2017… This trip up the Oregon Coast was primar...
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Saturday, August 19, 2017

REMEMBERING THE JOLLY KONE

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… some thoughts and incidents from the great California to Vancouver Island Loop of 2017… In my career as a public school student,...
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Friday, August 18, 2017

SITTING ON THE ‘GROUP W’ BENCH

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… some thoughts and incidents from the great California to Vancouver Island Loop of 2017… Years ago , when visit...
Thursday, August 17, 2017

LONG-TERM ON A 2015 TRIUMPH THUNDERBIRD

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Your 12,500-mile report… … and some thoughts from the great California to Vancouver Island Loop of 2017 Let’s st...
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Wednesday, July 5, 2017

WILD HORSES OF THE HIGH DESERT

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…on the road from the Jackson Hole Writers Conference… I’m not a horse person .   I can’t imagine one totin’ me arou...
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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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