Believing in Yourself
How many times have you thought you couldn’t do something, and put it off, ‘knowing’ you wouldn’t be able to do it. Then you finally give it a try and find it was easier than you thought it would be. Then you wonder why you waited so long. And wonder why you didn’t have more faith in yourself. Been there, done that!
Anonymously Famous
For some reason, I had always been fascinated with big, powerful rifles. Perhaps from my time in Alaska and Africa. Works of art like bolt-action rifles from Rigbys and Holland and Holland, or the British big-bore double rifles with cartridges as big as a Cuban cigar.
Chopper Stars
How many times have you watched a western television show or movie where the real star was the horse? It wasn’t Roy Rogers but Trigger who really stole the show. It wasn’t the Lone Ranger, it was Silver. There is a long list of hero-horses. It could be said; the man did not make the horse, the horse made the man.
Still Crazy After All These Years
After 65 years, the Hangmen Motorcycle Club, formed in Richmond, California in 1960, is still going strong. This year, in September, we met for our annual run in Oklahoma. It’s somewhere different every year. We are so spread out; it always gives people a chance for a long ride.
EuroThrottle: Tales from the Dutch-German Ride
Some trips are about the destination. This one was about the people: readers, riders, and the strange magic of a shared road.
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Are we being watched over? Many have said there is no other explanation for my survival and success.
Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Perched on the edge of my chair, I watched in stunned silence as all hell broke loose on ABC Channel 7’s live news out of Los Angeles.It was April 29, 1992. , four police officers had just been acquitted of the brutal beating of a black man after a police chase on the freeways of the City of Angels. The four officers were white; the black man’s name was Rodney King.