Blather
Cooking for Guys
Live to Camp
Camp to Live
Poetry
and Other Lies
No Results Found
The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.
Too Hot
A question which often comes up when talking about driving sidecars is: “What do I do if I get into a corner too hot?” If you have been on any of the chat forums discussing sidecars sooner or later you will come across a long thread discussing this...
Serving My Corporate Masters
Originally published in Hack’d Magazine Volume 14, #3 Winter In 1997 I was employed as a private contractor for Portamedic and several other companies which specialized in collecting data for big insurance companies. I served my corporate masters by...
Travails with Travois
5/2/16 Dear Robert, I trust you had a safe drive back to Salem and were rewarded with a warm welcome home. How are you feeling today? I woke up a little sore, mostly in the back and shoulders, but a half hour in the hot tub and a couple of aspirin put that right....
A Liter of Beer
As I rode up to the gate, I could hear the bands playing over the thumping rhythm of my ancient /2 BMW. It was hot out, at the high end of ninety, and I was overdue for a beer. There were campsites reserved for the bikers to the east of the stage, opposite the...
Deadman’s Lake
You would have liked it. It was steep. It was steeper than Ruckle Ridge, steeper than Herman Creek, steeper than Wind Mountain. Steeper than any trail you've likely been on. It wasn't a casual "I need to take a break now" sort of steep, it was seriously steep. I mean,...
Good Morning
10/23/25 6:30 45F (7.2C) Clear, cool, dry, and calm. A bird is chittering. Walter Dawg is napping on the deck with one eye open. Amy is up, probably sitting in her easy chair playing solitaire on the laptop. My tea is exactly the right...
Good Morning
10/22/25 6:00 39F (3.8C) I awoke to a still morning, the sky full of glittering stars. It is so dark I had to feel my way across the deck to the tub. Overhead in the cold blackness, the twins watch Orion stalk his prey into the oaks. The dogs cavort...
Good Morning
10/21/25 6:45 38F (3.3C) Light breeze, new moon, overcast. Cool, damp and grey. I scrubbed the stale taste of last night's dreams from my mouth and my tea is washing the flavor of toothpaste away. Soaking in the darkness I listen to the whir of tires on damp...
Good Morning
10/20/25 5:30 45F (7.2C) No wind. Dark, cool, relatively dry. ...
Good Morning
10/19/25 7:00 47F (8.3C) Overcast with a cool breeze. It's been raining and everything is wet. The air is spiced with the tang of wood smoke from morning fires. I hear someone walking around. Women's voices or perhaps children They have set Walter to barking....
