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A very nice bus ride
Well I'm back, I decided not to lose my head over a dead tree, at least until I visit Iran.
Before I " move on " just to remind you that only four percent of the original Coast Redwood...
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Comments don't seem to get through Tony. I'm reading your blog each day - no that's a lie I read 4 today to catch up. I have comme... Read More
Friday, 22 May 2015 10:10 PM
You're quite right Sara I do get a bit lazy . Thanks for taking notice and I do enjoy a bit of a rant too. PLG Tony
Friday, 22 May 2015 11:11 PM
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Something to Pine over
I'm now in Humboldt County, home of the giant Redwoods, and a refuge for Hippies from the sixties. The post sixties Band, All About Eve, did a very nice number about us chaps. Flowers in Our Hair www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAWyJXBJRqQhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dmm7hzWEZtQ
I'm...
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Tony in Wonderland, naturally
Just got this very interesting piece from a chap I met on the bus.
Hi Tony,I hope you're enjoying your travels. I have attached my academic paper to this email, which explains my concept of Neighborhood Urban Agricultural Hubs.
Ron. ...
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Hi Tony,I am loving your blog, it's like being there. My friend Miles, an Englishman who lived in San Francisco, described Highway... Read More
Thursday, 21 May 2015 9:09 AM
It was great meeting Tony on the road and we admire his spirit of adventure.
Your Harley friends from the San Fernando Valley.
Monday, 25 May 2015 2:02 AM
Hi Trish, I always thought that Valley Girls were Hot, but then someone said that they were Cool. I guess there're Hot to touch, b... Read More
Monday, 25 May 2015 7:07 PM
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Read with a little Weed
i was warned about the chocolate, it takes a few hours to take effect. But the sun broke through, the pines finished their breakfast, and the poppies offered themselves to the bees. Coast Radio was really getting in gear, but the...
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Hey Tony, your stream of consciousness is getting quite lyrical. I love your line ' A Harley splutters by, heeling gently around t... Read More
Wednesday, 03 June 2015 9:09 PM
Be careful,too much encouragement will push me over the edge , but I like it .
Thursday, 04 June 2015 1:01 AM
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CC Rider is alive and running.
I'm waiting for what must be the most famous bus in blues music. The route is from Santa Rosa to Fort Bragg a three hour journey http://youtu.be/-7R-ck2LRWo .its about a lady of the night, but I better not go there either.
Interestingly,...
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And that's just the Afters, the main courses " are out of sight"
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Life at a Californian Buddhist Monastery
Up at 5am for forty minutes meditation sitting , my sweeping chore, and breakfast where we were entertained by William a multilingual fifty seven year old ex diplomatic corps...
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Hi Tony,I just read your blog. So interesting. A nice insight, human and a sense of place. I look forward to reading more entries.... Read More
Monday, 18 May 2015 9:09 PM
It was great to meet you at the monastery, Tony!John
Friday, 29 May 2015 3:03 PM
Hi john, yes it was, though leaving is so hard to do, was that Paul Anchor , breaking up is hard to do, or do my memories weigh me... Read More
Friday, 29 May 2015 9:09 PM
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Sam Harris misunderstood
Listening to a Sam Harris podcast, sipping a Latte in a lovely Coffee Shop before I enter the hallowed confines of Abhayagiri Monastery, sister one to Chithurst.
But before I got there, I bumped into...
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Sam and Noam....a mis-meeting of minds. Both so keen to claim the moral high ground - scoring their own points and ignoring the ot... Read More
Tuesday, 19 May 2015 7:07 PM
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Little people dressed up as pre- revolutionary Russians, not those nasty ones that came after. Even though they defeated the German Army!
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The Russians were here and they're Coming back!
I'm having breakfast in the very smart Jenner Inn (eat, rest, love) the musak is playing...
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Is this what's it all about?
Finally departed the indecently hospitable cafe, having shopped at the store across the road for: goats cheese, bread, tin of tuna, raisins, and prunes enough to last me a couple of days. The camp sites in Ca. Can cost up...
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A house in the trees just outside Fairfax built in 1980
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The Start of the Beginning
I've just had a disaster this entry has got lost in the ether. I'm sitting having breakfast and according to a lady here we're in a black hole.
Anyhow...
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The ultimate high tec. cycle at the Silicon Valley museum
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Half of the day and all of the night. ( girl I want to be with you)
Waiting ( but not tired ) at the Depot for the 510pm Coast Starlight bound for LA, though I'm...
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Get up nice and close whisper in her ear
your beautiful
and leave
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A nice place to be
I had to drag myself away from the Servas family Ronie Ray the Tai Chi master had such insightful things to say about human nature, but...
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The Pick Up
Dawn hasn't broken yet, I'm lying quietly listening to the sad sound of the freight trains klaxon and hoping that the bike is what I expect. To calm my jagged nerves I delved back into Ray Davies...
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Entraining to the Land of Oh My Guouod ALL ABOARD the Cascades
Went with my hosts to some friends dinner party, everyone behaved immaculately. Canadians seem to have a quiet modesty about them. Makes me feel a little gross....
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The Skylark has landed.
I must mention another movie I watched Whiplash . My dad was a drummer and he had a gig in a famous night club in the West End , and a few weeks later it received a direct...
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On Board the Canadian Skylark
Just before I left home I found another fairly Green ( new and mindful ) blog www.mindfulriot.com A peddling feminist ,not piddling , I hasn't to add , whose syntax is more twisted than mine. I think she lives in Baltimore ,...
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Getting it Together
When you decide to travel independently of agents or groups, the planning becomes a creative, exciting experience. Now that we have the Internet at our finger tips, it's amazingly...
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Good luck & happy cycling - I wish it was me.
Thursday, 30 April 2015 6:06 AM
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April Happenings part 8
Birthday Menu
Being a bit of a foody and having my brother around , the birthday tea became quite high, though hash brownies weren't offered. But here is a list of what was. ( this should interest my son, making hay/wine in NZ )
Breads:
Rye-wholemeal-fruit...
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