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
8/19/25 5:30 57f (13.8c) What a beautiful morning! Quiet, so quiet my interior dialog is in a whisper. The sky looks like the inside of a seashell. Pastel pink and lavender and pale blue shading into purple. The fingernail moon hangs like a...
Good Morning
8/18/25 7:00 61f (16.1c) Gray. The sun is rising beneath the clouds. Everything is wet. I must have slept through the rain. ...
Good Morning
8/17/25 6:00 55f (12.7c) Clear sky with a few scattered clouds. Fruit trucks, laden with bins, rumble by. A squadron of jay's screeching in low, land in the big maple, beneath the waning crescent moon. The rooster provides air traffic control,...
Good Morning
8/16/25 6:00 66f (18.8c) Another gray morning with no wind. I can smell the smoke from distant fires lingering in the air. The concrete walks are dry but the deck is slick with wet. Apparently we had some rain. Ah, there it is. Not even a...
Good Afternoon
Amy's Uncle Joe and Aunt Judy are visiting from back east. I collected their autographs, then we spent the rest of the day wandering downtown Hood River. ...
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