Upon arrival in Red Bluff last night it came clear that some things have changed since my last ride. On the way up through the flat Central Valley (likely glaciers retreating?) my mind wandered. All the other riders had newer bikes. I test-sat a BMW RT1150 when I bought the electric scooter. But money for…

I share with other boomers a prejudice against tattoos. What better remedy than the giant tattoo exhibit in the Cow Palace? Twenty dollars parking, or stay in the streets, which did not look like a place for my beautiful ruby-red scooter. Twenty dollars in addition to admission seems stiff. But: they waved me through at…

Medium.com has censored one of my posts many months back. There was no contact from them to inform me of the fact, nor of which post their algorithm flagged. I had to learn of their blocking my entire account from a friend who was trying to access it. I am in the process of collecting…