The sheds
We don’t have a garage at our house, but we do have a pretty big driveway. We’ve tried to solve the motorcycle parking issue with these plastic tarp sheds – each is about 8′x10′. The one on the left is...
View ArticleBoots
I’ve been acquiring a lot of boots lately. The thing that really strikes me is the different uses that people think boots should have – and that the companies that sell them want to make you think...
View ArticleWhat I’m reading right now – ride reports
I just discovered this great ride report on ADVRider. I really love the way he’s tracking all the information. So far I’ve reached nearly the end of Africa - On our journey so far we have covered...
View ArticleRiding to work in February!
Guess what: I rode into work today! Doesn’t it look like my sweet DRZ-400 is descending from heaven to take me to work? What a lovely chariot. I wasn’t sure that it would start, actually – I haven’t...
View ArticleMy sorta-cold weather gear
After getting to ride in to work last week in high-30s/low-40s, I thought maybe a post about my sorta-cold weather gear would be interesting. This is a terrible photo, but it shows my Fieldsheer Lena...
View ArticleInternational Woman’s Day
In honor of international woman’s day, I rode my motorcycle to work. Ok, so, not at all in honor of that. It was gorgeous out, and I rode to work. And then I worked super late – potentially earning 80...
View ArticleBake sale on a motorcycle
We had a bake sale today to raise money for hungry kids and I rode in with a loaf if banana bread in my hat box and a dozen cupcakes strapped behind me: The cupcakes had a little room to … Continue...
View ArticleThis is a post that I am throwing up quickly because I’m featured on the...
So, you know sometimes how you are kind of featured in an interview? on the internet? [[Like, over here at Helmet or Heels?]] And you realize that you haven’t put up much original content in the last...
View Articleafter two years of hard use
These are the same gloves – the Tour Master Intake gloves. The one on the right has been in hard use for about 2 years. I finally retired it when the perforated leather palm looked in danger of...
View ArticleTwo weekends of acquisition
As much as my last two weekends have been filled with torturing Thirteen as I try to help him help himself on big social studies reports, blistered palms resulting from digging holes for perennial...
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