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, March 17, 2017

EMPLOYING THE TRIUMPH THUNDERBIRD AS A TOOL FOR KNEE REHABILITATION

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A St. Patrick’s Day therapy session In the forty days and forty nights since they worked on my debrided right knee, Northern Califor...
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Tuesday, March 7, 2017

HAP’S CLIPPINGS AND PIX

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A journey into early aviation, art and a little-known grandfather Minor knee repair and poor weather has me off t...
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Saturday, March 4, 2017

“On the Road with Janis Joplin” – a review

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by John Byrne Cooke Berkeley Press (division of Random House/Penguin) © 2014 - $17.00 Rock music leapfrogged over me.   Mom wou...
Monday, February 20, 2017

“The Theft of Memory” – A Review

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subtitled:   “Losing My Father, One Day at a Time” Jonathan Kozol Signal Press (imprint of McClelland and Stewart) © 2105 Jonat...
Sunday, February 12, 2017

OROVILLE DAM

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A Personal History I watched ‘em build Oroville Dam.   Yep.   That Oroville Dam.   Department of Water Resources In the 1960...
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Saturday, January 28, 2017

CHESTERFIELD STRAIGHTS

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A Church of the Open Road mini memoir My grandfather , “Hap” Bagnell smoked Lucky Strikes, a habit conferred upon ...
Monday, January 23, 2017

California: A History – a book suggestion

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By Kevin Starr, Modern Library, © 2005-2015, $17. As a school principal I recall dropping by an eighth grade teacher’s history class ...
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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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