why is blue parked on the grass instead of in the garage?
The answer is simple: oops! Blue and I had a great ride back to Almonte, ON, from North Hatley, QC, a distance of about 425 kms. I should have…
beat the heat part two: blue goes belly up in bogie
I was determined to make today’s ride work after yesterday’s misadventure in which I stayed out too long in the scorching sun and almost set myself and Blue on…
letterkenny foils my attempt to beat the heat
It was meant to be 30 C (feels like 42 C) by early afternoon and I don’t handle searing hot temperatures well. Had I left on schedule at 7 am,…
i may have a problem…
Get up at 8. Check the weather on laptop. Forecast: clear until noon; rain for the rest of the day. Maybe I can get a ride in before the…
weathered
I woke up at 7:30 am to blue skies. But the outlook for Almonte, where I live, was ominous. Thunderstorms would – or rather could – roll in by…
still racing
I felt awful. I had asked Alan Burns for information on a ‘wrap’ post (we rode a long way, baby) I was writing about the number of kilometres fellow…
the magnificent margaret moth
Today, March 21, 2023, is the thirteenth death anniversary of one of my heroines, camerawoman Margaret Moth. Moth began her journalism career in her native New Zealand and joined…
less may be more, but more is better :)
“How many bikes is a good number to have?” someone asked in one of the FB motorcycling groups I’m a member of. The question elicited a long list of…
6 ways motorcycle riding improves mental health
A fellow rider shared New Year’s wishes in one of the Facebook rider groups I belong to. His words resonated with me and sparked the poetry pixies to pick…
