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?

Saturday, April 2, 2011

SHAKEDOWN CRUISE – NO PARTICULAR PLACE TO GO

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I COULD TELL it was finally spring. The temperature had ratcheted itself you by six-degree increments over the previous three days. Bucket...
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Monday, March 21, 2011

A TWEAT FROM THE GOLD HILL CEMETERY

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I DON’T TWITTER. Or Tweet. It seems to me that if one has something to say, briefly, give a call. If it is to be a story, write it down. ...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

TAKE APRIL OFF

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ONCE AGAIN, the legislature and the governor are at odds about how to balance the budget in California. The Governor wishes to put a questi...
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Monday, March 14, 2011

THE GOLDEN GIRLS OF LAKEVIEW, OREGON

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THE TERRITORY may be well charted by AAA, yet, when leaving a town of any size, I like to do so on a full tank of gas. The high octane stuf...
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Monday, March 7, 2011

DUCKS IN THE LOCAL POND

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A POND SITS in the undeveloped area just west of our tract of houses. For some reason, a dam of gravel and top soil was pushed into place...
Sunday, March 6, 2011

MR. BRILLIANT RECOMMENDS III

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My posts to this blog have become a bit irregular – not for lack of roughage – but due to efforts to ramp up on other matters. Those other ...
Wednesday, March 2, 2011

LONG DAY IN 100 WORDS

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WRANGLERS – worn threadbare at the butt and pocket, frayed about the back of the cuffs. Justins – mud or crap caked in the welt between the...
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Monday, February 28, 2011

RETURN TO HELL’S CANYON

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[SUMMER 2008] I AM RETURNING to the Hells Canyon Overlook. Only a week since my last visit, I am obligated to share the vista with a ridin...
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Monday, February 21, 2011

HELL’S CANYON OF THE SNAKE RIVER, OREGON / IDAHO

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Note: On a trip north back in 2008, I came to Hell’s Canyon of the Snake. It was late in a day when I should have planned with a bit more ...
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

INSIDE THE ENVELOPE

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Your heart knows the words so you sing along – sometimes in silence. WHEN I ENTERED THE ENVELOPE, I was first impressed with the darkness....
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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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