The Uncovered Mail Pouch Ad of Carnegie, Pa.
This afternoon while cleaning up some of the bookmarks on my computer, I re-read a story from 2008 that I’d saved from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Demolition uncovers Mail Pouch ad. When I looked at...
Would I Know Where I Was? Maybe.
There are all sorts of clues that we receive each day that go largely ignored. But every once in a while our minds wake up.
A Quick Pitstop a Hot Dog Johnny’s
Once I managed to secure my license plate enough so that it didn’t go winging off and scalp someone on the side of the road, I continued west from Hackettstown on Route 46. I’ve...
ADV Spring Ride to Central Pennsylvania
Sexy-sexy KTM on the way out to Central Pennsylvania to do some “adventure riding.” I think every ride is an adventure but what do I know? 🙂
Petrol-Love: Olde Tyme Service Stations in Illinois
Last fall after finishing a stint at the Void Rally 10 in Virginia, I set off on a road trip around Illinois. My plan was to just bum around and look at stuff. As...
Nothin’ Like a Little Popcorn and a Movie
A first she thought her husband just bought microwave popcorn because he loved her but what happened next will shock you. (This is just a trick to make you read my post. I’m running out of ideas.)
My Motorcycle is a Daydreaming Machine
Riding my motorcycle is where I work stuff out. The ride provides the space in which my mind is as free to roam as my wheels. Probably further. It’s where I get to dust...
It’s Not You, It’s Me. Seriously.
Sex. Bacon. Motorcycles. Hot babes. These things have nothing to do with this post. I’m just trying to entice you to read it.
Feeling More With Numb Hands
On Sunday when I left on my ride, it was still early. The Weather Nerd app noted that it wasn’t yet 40 degrees and yet I opted not to take my toasty Gerbing gloves to plug in....
It’s A Monkey And A Triumph Bonneville – What More Do You Need?
I don’t really even like monkeys but I love that monkey. That monkey looks like I feel today: nyah-nyah nyah-nyah pthpt pthpt pthpt! Maybe that monkey is me today. I have a big horsey smile...
We Are All Fragile Things
During my ride home last night I sat at a traffic light staring. Staring at nothing, staring at everything, cemented to the Earth by the orange backlight of my gauges. I pondered the weight...
Being Busy Just Isn’t that Glamorous
Hurry, hurry, hurry! That is the awful, terrible habit that I’ve tried to undo for the last few years. I’m not sure when I picked it up but it is something I suffer from...
Just a Girl And Her KTM in the Forest
Last weekend I did my first solo riding in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey on the KTM. Up to that point, my riding in the Pines had always been with friends. But when you’re a...
I Have No Idea What I’ve Been Doing… But It’s Been Fun
Been feeling good, the weather is warming up and I’m hopeful about all sorts of good things unfolding.
Seeing Rainbows and Other Riding Thoughts About Art
I followed the rainbow to its end and what did I find? A pot of gold? Aww, Hell NO – Hell 2 Da Naw Naw! I found a KTM. Insert swirly heart-shaped eyes emoji here. Actually, I...
Hunting the Stegosaurus of Hartford
Did I ever mention that I have a teensy-weensy problem with obsession? You’re shocked, I bet. Well, after peering over the rock wall of Alexander Calder’s former home in Connecticut, I browsed the web...
Napoleon Fruit Soup, A Ghost Ad and Morning on a Motorcycle
When I left my hotel in Napoleon, Ohio headed east towards home I didn’t really have much of a plan other than go towards where the sun was coming up. I picked up US 6 because...
On the Front Lines with the Giant Chicken Army
For someone who never goes anywhere and never does anything, I managed to go a few places and do a few things on my motorcycle in 2015. In those travels, I saw firsthand some of...
And THAT is Why They’re Called Sub Sandwiches!
The crazy temperature and weather-swings we’ve been having here on Long Island can make you stop and wonder how the Earth doesn’t just split in half or something. When I woke up on Sunday...