Archive | May, 2010

Turn around and she is having her wedding gown fitted. Turn around and she is watching her little boy graduate from pre-school. Turn around and she is chasing her two year old son  through the park heading to the treehouse. Turn around and her little girl is rocking her baby doll to sleep. Turn around. […]

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She always use to say that when it was tight for others it was just right for us. The tight spot was where you would find yourself from time to time and if you were not "right" with it, getting through the easy parts made no matter. It is dealing with the tight spots that […]

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As we ride through Ward, Colorado you get the sense that time has stood still. One " street sign" is of the peace symbol. There is a VW bus with painted windows and a few people sitting on porches. You ride through it as soon as you enter it. Then you see a side road […]

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On a day of motorcycles. On a day of wandering through the backroads of America, I heard the news that Billy died. Dennis Hopper. Is Wyatt right? Easy riding or is it a time of uneasy riding. Can we recapture the thrill of the first cross country adventure. Can we let go of judgments and […]

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The motorcycle turned toward the mountain range. Although it is May the snow on the top peaks was still alive and well. This sports bike was born to race. Although it was my first time on it it only took us a few moments to get to know each other's personalty and sense of adventure. […]

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It was just too much to take in all at one time. There she was. Pink laced sneakers, jeans and a tee shirt that said Rock N Roll Forever. She stood in the restaurant. In the middle of the restaurant and got into a kind of duck,waddle stance, kind of squatted to and then began […]

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I saw him walking out of the office building. He was heading down the steps one at a time. But I mean one at a time…each foot getting onto the same step before the next step. He carried a small briefcase. His suit was a bit wrinkled. One shoelace on one shoe was open and […]

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And then there was the fall. The off road motorcycle had made it over the rocks, boulders, through the brush and bounced me around pretty good. We were getting close to the continental divide outside of Breckenridge when I saw it. On one side the drop off the cliff. On the other side the boulder […]

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Do You Confuse Success with Substance?

He really made a difference. He got up at 4:30 am each morning and put in a solid days work. Nothing fancy. The milk dairy plant had to get opened and managed and the trucks had to get on their delivery route. Yes. Milk trucks. Delivering milk, eggs, cream and seasonal products…in December…eggnog. His “uniform” […]

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The decision had to be made with the best available information at the time. Period. No crystal ball. No wizard to tell anyone how it plays out before the decision is made. The choice. Go or not go on June 6, 1944,weather the way it was or not. A break in the storm or wait […]

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