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, February 28, 2020

COUNTING THE UNSHELTERED AMONG US

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…there is no singular, simple solution;   but the solutions that exist involve all of us… Forgetting, somehow , that the figure “5:30...
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Wednesday, February 26, 2020

BACKYARD STANDOFF

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…life in the wild kingdom… It was a pleasant , early-spring afternoon and I’d decided to sit out on the back patio with a good book ...
Tuesday, December 31, 2019

VISITED BY SASQUATCH

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...I seen ‘um!..   One October  back in 1983 or ’84, I was completing my first extended motorcycle road trip on a spanking new BMW R65 ...
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Friday, December 27, 2019

2019: THE CHURCH OF THE OPEN ROAD’S YEAR IN REVIEW

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(Clicking on any picture will cause it - and all of the others - expand.) …An annual album of travel and adventure… January :  Ho...
Wednesday, December 25, 2019

THE TRUE ORIGINS OF THE WATERMELON QUILT

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Not so very long ago , Bumpa and Noma were bidding farewell to Rootsie, Tootsie and little Squeedunk after a day at the lake. “Goodbye,...
Saturday, December 14, 2019

SUSAN, THE OIL CHANGE LADY

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…Whacha readin’?… Moving to a new town  about five years ago, among the first tasks would be to find an outfit to perform regular mai...
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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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