There’s a pretty fingernail moon out there, getting a sliver wider every day. I like watching the moon wax, and wane, though I don’t like what it implies, the o-so-rapid passing of time. I’ve been thinking lately about where that time goes, and have been trying to live my life with a little more awareness [...]

One of the tasks I would like to accomplish before leaving on Raven’s Roads 2 is to top up the oil in my bike’s forks. We abandoned the idea of actually changing the oil, since to drain the oil one must apparently turn the motorcycle upside down. Whomever designed it didn’t think to put in [...]

Or something like that. I had to smile tonight at the news. A small East Bay town has used a legal loophole to get rid of marauding Wal-Mart. I don’t really understand the specifics of how they pulled that one off, but so far so good. The small town is called Hercules. Heh. :)

Last year I had two accidents within the space of two weeks, and my husband admonished me to take the experienced rider class to get some of my skills honed. I didn’t really want to go, as to be frank I hate being scrutinized and even watched while I ride. The feeling of Being Judged [...]

Had some bad news yesterday, and was feeling mopey and down, and not sleepy, and my husband was still at work. And neither of us, it ensued, had had dinner. So I suggested that I go over and we could get burgers, and that’s how it went. There is something surprisingly freeing about riding solo [...]

It was worth the walk. It was really, really worth the walk. My camera was forever in motion, as every step, every angle revealed some new shape, some new form, some new visual excitement. It is a building about which one can, and should, wax lyrical. It is a thing of beauty, that can only [...]

I started and finished reading my copy while I was in the hospital. It was a wonderful companion! Some of the funny parts left me in pain though – it’s difficult to laugh with a healing abdominal incision, but well worth it. I had a lot of trouble with the pain medication’s side-effects, and your [...]