In a recent motorcycle magazine article (Keystone MC Press, March 2025) I wrote of my infatuation with my current bike, a 2009 BMW F800ST. In that piece I mentioned that it was my second BMW, and that I had amazed myself that I’d ever buy another of that marque after that first Beemer experience. ThatContinue reading “The White Knight”
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Open Letter
Following is a letter I posted today to our new US Senator, Dave McCormick:
In My Cups 2.28.25
Sorry. I’m a little drunk. And will get drunker while writing this. The parallels to Neville Chamberlain in today’s White House debacle are astounding. But there is currently no Churchill on the horizon. I have the same emotional sense that I’ve had when someone really close to me has died. But, in this case, it’sContinue reading “In My Cups 2.28.25”
A Paean to Dick
Originally published in Keystone Motorcycle Press, December 2024 Paean. Probably a word Dick would not have been familiar with. Truth be told, every time I use it, I first have to look it up, to see how to spell it and to reassure myself of its proper usage. In this case, it’s the perfect word.Continue reading “A Paean to Dick”
It’s All the Rage
Well, it looks like the Deplorables have won. And all of us non-deplorables are even more confused than we were before: How could anyone in his right mind vote for that Orange Turd? After the initial, day-long shock began to wear off, I had an epiphany: It’s all about the rage. Admit it, you feelContinue reading “It’s All the Rage”
Just the discount, please!
In a recent magazine article I wrote, about a visit to the Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, I spoke about my embarrassment at being thanked for my service every time I ask for the veterans’ discount while shopping. My own 40-month Army experience was a net positive. But, having visited several military cemeteries, like this one,Continue reading “Just the discount, please!”
Alex Bay
One of 24 short pieces about bumps along the road during my 40+ years of motorcycling. Published in Keystone Motorcycle Press during 2014-2016. So I’m in Alexandria Bay, New York, up by the Thousand Islands, almost in Canada. And I’m just a little drunk. Went there for a Honda Owner’s Group Rally but, as usual,Continue reading “Alex Bay”
Rocks of Ages
It seems my wife has turned an old adage on its head: “One rock is worth 1000 pictures.” Let me explain. I’m involved in what may be the life-long, or possibly life-ending, process of sorting through 60 years of photos. Some are already digital, in numerous files on our computers. Some are digital on CDs.Continue reading “Rocks of Ages”
An Unforgettable Ride
As published in Keystone Motorcycle Press, January 2024 Since I’ve been writing for motorcycle publications for more than 40 years, my memories of stories I’ve done sometimes get conflated. And, truth be told, I’m not sure the trip whose notable memories I’m about to evoke came from a piece I did for Keystone Motorcycle PressContinue reading “An Unforgettable Ride”
Radio Days, Pt 1
Let’s see, I was probably age 13-15. That makes it about 1960. Some years before, my parents had given me an AM radio. It was brown plastic, with a big circular, lighted tuning dial and one of those fiberboard backs that allowed the smell of the heated vacuum tubes to vent through its holes. Somehow,Continue reading “Radio Days, Pt 1”
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