the long way back to lally road
This is the fourth in a series about a single vehicle motorcycle collision I had in July 2024. The first post is here; the second is here and the third…
phones, fears and facts
This is the third in a series of posts about a single vehicle motorcycle collision I had in July 2024. The first post is here and the second one is…
black & blue but nothing broken
This is the second in a series of posts about a single vehicle motorcycle collision I had in July 2024. The first post is here. Some of the names of…
i could have turned right…
This is the first in a series of posts about a single vehicle motorcycle collision I had in July 2024. The second one is here. Some of the names of…
hope & healing one week in
A week ago this afternoon, I was trussed up in a neck collar, strapped to a gurney and headed to Perth General Hospital in an ambulance. The recovery process…
better off broken
“It’s going to take a while,” the doc says from behind his mask. I feel grateful beyond words to have a family physician when thousands of my fellow Canadians…
the road to hell
uh, yep. been there and back… the official video and then a live version: © 2024 Susan Macaulay. I invite you to share my poetry and posts widely,…
2024: the year of the u-ey
Anyone can ride in a straight line. Or even a slightly curvy one. I know because I’ve ridden 60,000 kms worth of straight, twisty and sweeping roads during my…
top 50 things canadian motorcyclists do in winter when they can’t ride
Motorcycle riders tend to get twitchy when they can’t ride. For many of us, riding is a lifeline. It keeps us sane in a world that seems to be…
all’s well that ends well in almonte
When it got noticeably cool sometime after 9 p.m., I glanced over at the thermostat. The red indicator needle was a couple of degrees below 20 C where it…