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, June 9, 2025

TESTIMONY OF A PEACEFUL PROTESTER

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     I said, “You must do what your heart tells you to.”      The Guardsman lifted his goggles and looked at me with warm, not angry, eyes a...
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

ANOTHER RETURN TO SIMPSON CAMP

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  …a Memorial Day Tradition…   On or about Memorial Day  in good years, I’ll make the trek up to Simpson Camp (western edge Glenn County nea...
Saturday, May 24, 2025

SOME BOOK MAGIC

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  In praise of a good reference book… …and a little kismet   For reasons I cannot recall , about a half century ago, I picked up a copy of E...
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Thursday, May 15, 2025

My Beloved Spitfire

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Ode to the Joys of First-Car Ownership   Commuting on a Honda Trail 90  wasn’t gonna get it anymore. Feeling like an adult at nineteen, I ne...
Sunday, April 13, 2025

MY CULT MEMBERSHIP

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…Hooked by my Himalayan…   From the outside looking in , a cult seems to embody some sort of collective allegiance to a concept, product or ...
Wednesday, February 26, 2025

SOMETHING TO ADDRESS

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Outside of whining about my bad knees from time to time,  I steer clear of discussing personal health here.  This’ll be an exception:       ...
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Sunday, February 23, 2025

WITHER THE PENNY?

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  …my two cents worth…   Stop the presses ! The practice of minting the penny is going to be halted. Discontinued. Stopped. One of the two c...
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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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