Man, where has the time flown? I remember waking on Thursday, April 4, 2013, nervous, happy, and incredulous: this will be the day that I never thought would happen. Twenty years ago, today was never.
That day, I would participate in a marriage ceremony. MY marriage ceremony. Not “just get married,” but married to…
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It has been said that every generation has ways to drive the older generation crazy. Rock-n-rollers of the ’50s irritated their parents. Hippies of the ’70s irritated their parents. Today’s millennials and how their fashion marketing on boot wear…
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Happy Easter, loyal blog readers! Today is a great day to visit family, most of whom will be in their “Sunday best.” I guess I’ll join ’em by wearing my “Sunday leathers and boots.” More on that in a bit.
Some of you may have noticed that I have not posted much about wearing boots lately. I have to admit something having to do with a rather persistent personal medical situation…
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The other day, I received a message from someone who visited my website and who completely misunderstood its intent — it only shares my personal collection of boots and motorcycle/leather riding gear as well as provides some tutorials and explanations about boots, wearing leather, and so on.
It is not a sales or business site. However, visitors who aggressively promote their products and services continue to bombard me with messages that fall into three main categories, which I’ll explain in a moment.
However, a recent message doesn’t fit into a “regular” category. I classified it as downright creepy. I explain what it said that made me classify it as creepy after the jump.
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One may think that with The Spouse at his Mom’s and me back at the ranch alone, it would be very quiet. Not the case. Why?
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This past weekend, I drove my Spouse to his Mom’s house. She lives about 250 miles away, all by herself in the only house she has known for some 68 years. Via frequent phone calls, she had been signaling to us that she was not well, but what we found was…
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One year ago this week, I was working thousands of miles away from home (yeah, actually working). That work-trip began with a “one-day” bucket-list adventure.
As I contemplate our lives today, caring for my very feeble and frail mother-in-law and my spouse whose condition isn’t so good either, I still smile and remember…
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A very unwelcome last-gasp of winter visited us on the first day of astronomical Spring here in these parts: a major winter storm. From the hyperventilating of the TV weather weasels remarking about a “record-breaking event!” (pant, pant, pant), even the B-I-C* couldn’t exceed their excitement during his usual early morning twitter shitstorm he’s known for.
Spouse and I took it…
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Yes, as announced in my last post, the Spouse had recovered enough from a short-term bad spell on Saturday that by Sunday, he was feeling better and actually encouraging me to get my Harley out of its winter slumber and go for a ride. He knows very well how riding soothes …
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To many bikers, a major way of relieving stress is to get out on his motorcycle and go for long ride to nowhere.
With all that has been going on in my life, I definitely need that.
If you have written to me and I have not responded, it’s because…
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