The Ageless Experiment

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

It unravels so quickly.If you don't pay close attention and nurture it it unravels.Yet so often we think it is perpetual and the sense of entitlement will blind us to the truth of the frailty of it all.Whether a friendship, marriage,business, or really any endeavor worth maintaining it must be consciously cared for. It can't […]

By the end of the day,the fate of the world would be decided. Nothing more. Nothing less. The longest day. June 6, 1944. D-Day. It came down to Omaha Beach. It came down to so many minor points that all added up to a major victory. It was the butterfly effect. Small decisions, minor twists […]

It had been 11 years since he died. 11 years. Where did it go. He was 10 years younger than I am now when he died. The cancer was swift and to the point. I stood before his gravesite today chatting with him as if it was 12 years ago. He was always the irreverent […]