On a lazy summer day, warm and dry, I was pursuing nothing in particular and experiencing predictable success. I wonder sometimes who was first to use the phrase “lazy days of summer” and when we began to forget their true … Continue reading →
What’s that feeling? What’s that feeling that you get when you’ve laid into the off ramp, firmly committed to your line and you see snaking across your headlamp beam a dark stripe wriggling up the road to advertise the ominous … Continue reading →
I have only owned eight bikes. Interestingly they have all been Hondas. Well, I did own one BSA 650 basket case, but never got around to putting it together. Like many who are my age I had a twenty-five year … Continue reading →
The internet weather site reported thirty-three degrees this morning. The bank signs displayed thirty and thirty-one. I really don’t know who to believe or whether the difference matters anyway. Tomorrow being the first day of November it is more appropriate … Continue reading →
I rolled onto 435 East from I-35 North and quickly transitioned into the center lane. Traffic in the right corridor was moving far too slowly and cages in the fast lane to the left were closing from behind at a … Continue reading →
“Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose: Nothin’ ain’t worth nothin’ but it’s free. Feeling good was easy, Lord, when Bobby sang the blues. Feeling good was good enough for me; Good enough for me and Bobby McGee.” … Continue reading →
December 1873, Horatio G. Spafford is called to the bridge during an Atlantic crossing. The captain there tells him that calculations have been made and he believes that they are right over the spot in which the passenger, Spafford, was … Continue reading →
As we rounded a curve in the lightly wooded southern Illinois countryside I caught a glimpse of her ahead and to my left bounding past someone’s house. Her tail was down, so she was not alarmed as she moved through … Continue reading →
Last evening we suffered defeat in one small skirmish of the war between mankind and the forces of E-ville. After Lori and I had rushed across town to share dinner with our good friend, Carolyn, a band of summer storms … Continue reading →
I swung my leg over the back of the big blue beast and sat for a moment in the warmth of a Monday afternoon. From somewhere, seemingly far away, a sound caught my ear and held me transfixed until all … Continue reading →