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”
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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”
EV Buying Advice
Prepared as handout for Lititz Borough residents following passage of an ordinance affecting placement of EV Charging Stations, March 2023 Things to Consider Before You Purchase an EV or Plug-In Hybrid This is not intended to advocate for or against such a purchase, simply to bring to your attention some things you may not haveContinue reading “EV Buying Advice”
Seat Belt Guide
Follow up to BrickBoard Post “Seat Belt Blues?” 5/23/23
Faulty AAV
Touchstones
Every year, following the annual ordeal of reducing the mountain of mulch dumped in our driveway, I dutifully wash down the wheelbarrow and the shovel we roll out every spring to accomplish that task. Each time, I carefully rub a coating of oil on the shovel, least it rust during its long annual sleep. InContinue reading “Touchstones”
Trump Rides, or Slides, Again
Just when you thought he was over, irrelevant at last, about to ride into the sunset, it looks like Donald Trump may make another mucus-slimed slide out of trouble and back into the limelight. We really thought we had him. All the legal pundits on MSNBC said this documents thing was the low hanging fruit.Continue reading “Trump Rides, or Slides, Again”
Dial “D” for Disaster
If you’re old, read on. If you’re not, ignore this. You have enough other problems in your future as it is. You might describe my current mental condition as fraught. Or overwrought. Or angry as hell. It’s not just Putin and his barbarism and nuclear threats. It’s not just the impending doom of climate change,Continue reading “Dial “D” for Disaster”
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