Tag Archives: bike

01-Ofon

Horsepower

Today I would have been riding this LiveWire electric motorcycle (100 hp) if it hadn’t been raining cats & dogs. Rescheduled for Tuesday. (That’s my 35 hp KLR650 behind it.)

Anyway, let us rejoice in the blessings of nature, including electricity.l

thanks M

25-Sanj

Collision

Shaken, but not Stirred

After he got up I asked how he was feeling. “Terrible,” he said, “hurt my wrist.” Then he ran up to the car which had pulled aside a few feet ahead on Curtner.

I was ambivalent about getting more involved because, although the driver was at fault, it was the bicyclist who ran into the car.

26-Tops

Unforgettable

Exhausted! by G.Garchar (2022)
Sutro Tower by G.Garchar (2022)
Presidio of San Francisco

Circumambulate the city of a dreamy Sabbath afternoon. What do you see?–Posted like silent sentinels all around the town, stand thousands upon thousands of mortal men fixed in ocean reveries.

But these are all landsmen; of week days pent up in lath and plaster–tied to counters, nailed to benches, clinched to desks. 

How then is this? Are the green fields gone? What do they here? But look! here come more crowds, pacing straight for the water, and seemingly bound for a dive.

Strange! Nothing will content them but the extremest limit of the land; loitering under the shady lee of yonder warehouses will not suffice.

No. They must get just as nigh the water as they possibly can without falling in.

And there they stand–miles of them–leagues. Inlanders all, they come from lanes and alleys, streets and avenues–north, east, south, and west. Yet here they all unite.

Yes, as every one knows, meditation and water are wedded for ever.

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Gibson Girls by Charles Dana Gibson

18-Vote

Taxaracum

The Return of John Kiltman

A colorful character in downtown Campbell, we’ve seen him previously on July 10. Notice he’s got a dandelion in his hat, mismatched shoes, and no tires on the rims of his bicycle. Here he’s regaling my friend with entertaining tales of his encounters with police.

BTW, the scratch visible on the inside of his left leg is one of many on his skin that looks to be getting infected. Hope his immune system is as strong as his personality.

No Accounting for Taste in Entertainment

23-Nuts

Seasonal

September Paw Paw, the largest edible fruit indigenous to the United States.
and Bolts

Spend some time in your mind. Sit down, close eyes, palms upward on knees. What an empty cavern! Fill it with the realization that without your mind, you would be just another sack of shit. Then think of something else.

2 + 2 = 5 always gets me

16-Land

Routine

Not A Park
37.28,-121.88

Banana Public

Explorers:

  • Plan the route
  • Marshal resources, discarding any excess
  • Maintain a sharp tactical eye, never back away unless certain
  • Remain alert for dangers, aware of changes in environment
  • Energize with new confidence and inspiration
How Life Imitates Chess by Garry Kasparov