Showing posts with label Motorcycles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Motorcycles. Show all posts

October 02, 2008

Thoughts from the feather duster.


Went for a ride on my motorbike this morning. Bright sunny morning with just a hint of Autumn in the air. Good for the soul. Good for the mind and body too. One of the best ways to unravel the knots of tension that form in your mind is to do something that you can do well. The feeling of confidence and relaxation is bettered by very few things in life.

Since I live among the mountains, the magnificent vistas that unravel before my eyes on a ride can be truly breathtaking. I mean that in the literal sense. Can you imagine travelling through the twists and turns of a country road, totally focused on the curves and sound of your machine as she works her way up and down the gears. You feel the road rise and take you forward, you reach into the gearbox and pull out as much power as the machine can deliver. The vibration tells you that all is in perfect harmony as you crest the hill and are greeted by a rolling lush plateau of verdant undergrowth and tress that are showing the barest tinge of rouge.

Summer is gone and now my thought are steerring me towards winter. Before the tress fully turn and create a landscape of intense, calico carpeting I have got to get through my semi annual cleaning. There is so much stuff that must be seperated into the "truly necessary" and "Junk" piles. There is also a blog that needs to be taken down since I haven't posted anything there for quite some time.

What do you like to do to clear out the cobwebs and clean up the flotsam that flows through life? I'll try to keep in touch over the weekend.

September 19, 2008

Hittin the road

Not quite like Jack Kerouac or Hunter S. Thompson yet still with the same feeling of the need to discover what lies beyond the horizon.
That makes it sound really exciting, doesn't it?


I wish I were riding this mofo this weekend!

Actually there is work involved and pretty good work at that. I am going to be the host / toastmaster/ EmCee of a party constiting of approximately six hundred brothers and sisters of the iron horse! A massive gathering where folks will be letting off hundreds of miles of steam.

I won't be around until Monday and I am figuring that the amount of distance I put between my problems and their source will be reflected by the time it takes to resolve them.
Being on my bike lets me forget just about everything so that even if I am the greatest contributor to the hairy ball of bullshit, I can give myself a well deserved break.

Yeah, I will be posting pictures of the festivities, the band members, the other staff members, etc.
Did I mention that I am getting paid to do all this?



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