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,…
happy valentine’s day to my rides
Happy Valentine’s Day to TheFox, TheTwin and Blue <3 Click on the bar to hear the poem. happy valentine’s day to my rides by susan © 2024 Listen here…
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…
singer-ing almonte’s praises?
Mississippi Mills is a favourite tourist destination and a gateway to the Ontario Highlands’ awesome motorcycling roads. Almonte, which is the part of Mississippi Mills in which I live,…
the millworkers’ steps revisited
If you were lucky enough to see Spinning Yarns: The Millworkers’ Musical at the Almonte Old Town Hall in November 2023, you may remember that it included a song…
reachable
After Ron Martin and I exchanged Facebook comments on the nature of beauty and the merits (or lack thereof) of ‘enhancing’ images, I visited his profile page where I found…
my 2023 glass christmas tree
I began decorating my Christmas trees with glass three decades ago (time flies!) during my first of eighteen Christmasses in the United Arab Emirates. Over the years, I bought…
santa’s rides
I’ve no excuse for this other than it’s that time of year… ‘Tis the season to be jolly fa la la la la la la la la and to…
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…