Musings of an Intrepid Commuter

"There are two kinds of people... One kind, you can tell just by looking at them at what point they congealed into their final selves. ...

Somebody mentioned that they chewed a lot of gum to ease tension while riding.  I think I found some! Miles and smiles, Dan

Well, I thought I had shook loose enough to have some more free time.  I headed out at a run and it looked like I was making good progress t...

I was slightly premature when I said I was finally going to have a little more time.  Once more I dove headfirst into rewriting a training p...

I was out in the middle of the night on my way to conduct an instructor update session.  Several cups of coffee and cold air made the rest a...

How do you know when you're riding well? I'm often on my steel horse.   We'd all like to be graceful and smooth. Some d...

      I have resisted for as long as I can stand it.  I've always tried to keep the blog comments as open and easy to post as p...

In March of 2010 a dump truck driver in Phoenix Arizona plowed into the back of a group of motorcyclists stopped at an intersection.  4 of t...

 "I see the flag waving waaaay down there. That's my signal to go. Time to snick the bike into first gear. Ease out the clutch,...

I had never really thought of myself as a workaholic.  I've now had to consider the possibility that it may be true.  The Director, hims...

Hi, it's been a while, I know.  I'm having severe withdrawals from blogging.  On the other hand, I've been experiencing a fantas...

    Had a flying lesson today.   Didn't turn out so well.      Turns out wicked-fast black FJR's and jets are more di...

New Opportunity and Challenge It is finally official and I can now share it with you.  I am making a career change. Hopefully it will be m...

Glad it didn't turn out THIS way! Recently Beemergirl  found herself in a sticky situation.  Fortunately, all turned out well in the e...

Deep appreciation! Instead of making a reply comment on the last post I decided to do this post.  My reasoning is that I wanted everyone t...

End of an Era. My grandmother passed away last week at the age of 92.  Old age and cancer finally got her down on the ground and in a stra...

Lessons and Tests II Having completed some business in downtown Portland I pointed Elvira east.  The place Robert had specified for our fi...

The Water's HOW Deep? I'm inserting this post in here out of sequence.  The second half of the last post will have to wait.  Weath...