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?

Monday, May 25, 2020

A STOP ALONG CALIFORNIA’S “TRAIL OF TEARS”

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... remembering (and sharing) forgotten histories ... California’s own “Trail of Tears” crosses Mendocino Pass where Glenn, Tehema and...

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

THE GEYSERS ROAD LOOP

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...What has magma done for you lately? ... I like riding when the clouds give some texture to the sky. A day or two after a storm wh...

Saturday, May 16, 2020

TRUST

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Has it slipped away? Over the past fifteen or twenty – maybe thirty – years, the United States of America has lost something intangibl...

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

MY SUNDANCE KID MOMENT

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I needed cash. Fistfuls of it. "You comin'?" Nod. We saddled up and headed to the bank - well - credit union. Clo...

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Saturday, March 14, 2020

BUILDING THE MODERN CRICKET STOOL

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…I take a stab at making furniture… Growing up , I recall that we had a little cricket stool in the house. It was nothing like this… ...

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 ...

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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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