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?

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

A TRIBUTE TO STAN FREBERG

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Dateline Altadena, CA :   In the early 50s, a young mother, unwilling to leave her two snotty nosed toddlers home with a stranger, plied ...
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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

THE ECHO SUMMIT ICE RIDE

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I left Death Valley Monday at 8:30 planning to split the 450-mile ride home to the Sacramento area in half, perhaps ove...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015

WALKING THE FULL BELLY FARM WITH DR. BENJAMIN BLOOM

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I never was too impressed with the term “organic.”   Like “new and improved,” “lite,” “authentic,” “life-time,” “limited,” and now, “gl...
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Thursday, March 12, 2015

DOWNSIZING DISCOVERY: DAD’S “OFFICIAL BUSINESS”

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Perhaps my interest in maps is genetic… When Dad died , twenty years back, we weeded through his stuff, tossing some things and partin...
Wednesday, March 4, 2015

MICHELIN PILOT ROAD 4 TRAIL MOTORCYCLE TIRES

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A product review Whereas , there was about six miles of life left in my old, dependable rear Metzeler Tourance dual ...
Thursday, February 26, 2015

TUSCANY JUST UP THE ROAD

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Two Visits to the Terra Sávia Olive Oil Mill and Winery “How did you find us?”   The woman stepped from the shadow...
Thursday, February 19, 2015

ANOTHER VISIT WITH “POMP” CHARBONNEAU

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How close we are to our distant past… Jean Baptiste Charbonneau was the child carried by Sacagawea across the span of the continent...
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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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