When helping a buddy (a motorcop who also rides a personally-owned Harley) with some boot shopping recently, and having raved for years about the comfort, durability, and quality of Chippewa Firefighter Boots, I was shocked when he…
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The Ups and the Downs
The most “up” time recently that Spouse and I had was our wonderful, fun, and deliriously happy Thanksgiving Feastival last Thursday. Seems like an eon ago.
Then on Friday, I took Spouse to get not one, not two, but three MRIs where his ongoing medical issues continue to be probed.
We thought after that fun, we would return home, kick back, and rest. But…
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Cleanup
Not much time to write a blog today, after feeding the thundering herds… (not really… seniors don’t thunder and they do not eat that much!) But the 20th “Thanksgiving Feastival” was another success, with …
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Turkey Time
Ahhh… the aroma of fresh turkey roasting in the oven is heavenly… but what’s more pleasing is knowing in my heart that the smiles of my neighbors are genuinely expressed during our 20th…
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You Can’t Go Back
There is an old expression, “you can’t go back” which is derived from the sense of nostalgia return to “home” in the book by Thomas Wolfe titled, “You Can’t Go Home Again.” The expression means that you cannot really re-live the fun and happiness once felt in a fondly remembered location, but your good times there were long ago.
I have felt that feeling of loss or regret when I returned to my Mom’s small hometown in rural Oklahoma. It’s not nearly the same there, but that is for a future blog post.
This past Sunday, the Spouse and I felt that feeling again when we leathered up and ventured…
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Annual Fall Photo
Spouse and I leathered up this year (it has been unusually cold!) and stepped out to take our annual photo with colorful tree leaves in the background.
I just love…
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Out of the Leather Closet
Guest blog by WC
Once upon a time there was a man who wanted a pair of cowboy boots. His parents got him a pair when he was in high school and he wore them and wore them. Then shoe styles changed and the man wore other kinds of shoes, and those boots sat in his closet for years. One day, at the urging of the man’s wife, he wore his boots again, and has never looked back. Boots are every day, every-occasion footwear.
Work and play, he is always booted. As the years went on the man became good friends with Booted HarleyDude. He is eternally grateful for BHD’s boot wisdom and his wonderful mentoring. The man owes his bootism in great part to BHD.
As the man looked through bootedman.com and its related blog, the man could not help but notice…
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Happy Birthday, Spouse!
Today is Spouse’s birthday! Yay! Another trip around the sun!
How will we celebrate?
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Vote Results Show Community Recognition
The General Elections are over, and ballots were counted, though ongoing counting of absentee ballots continue for another 10 days. But the results of our local elections were clear. And I was recognized in those results by…
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Commenting Snark and Nastiness
After I posted a video on my Booted Harleydude Youtube Channel of a recent motorcycle ride, I discovered that there were 159 comments on a number of my videos pending review/approval for posting. Some comments were there for a year. Man, it’s been a long time since I reviewed video comments!
Somehow, the notifications for comment moderation that I requested to be sent to me when a comment was entered were not being sent (another “YouTube takeover by Google” catastrophe, but that’s another story).
I was disheartened, but not surprised, by the tone, most of which…
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