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  • My story in American Rider Magazine   The specter of pyramids rising from the desert seems more Egyptian than Arizonan, and yet for more than 100 years, three pyramids holding the bones of Arizona leaders, explorers, and visionaries have dotted Arizona’s landscape. I jumped on my Harley Davidson Road King to explore the backstories of

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  • The Black Box of America

    First published in Oddball Magazine, November 20, 2024 No one missed that country Men were soft, angry, and violent Life was brutal and unforgiving Pretentious and vacuous Decisions and mutations were cut in candle-lit back rooms, women were victims They grabbed what they wanted Fooled by the same illusion driving men, CONTROL In apocalyptic bunkers

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  • This poem and image was originally published November 20, 2024 by Oddball Magazine. Editors calling it “a monster piece.” The Black Box of America Few people called a spade a spade before the country went up in flames. -Anon No one missed that country Men were soft, angry, and violent Life was brutal and unforgiving

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  • The Black Box of America

    Poem by Gregory Ormson

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  • American Classic Here is America’s Most Famous Bike – Priscilla –  in the November 2024 issue of American Rider Magazine. She is also in stories written for Thunder Press, OM Yoga Magazine, The Taj Mahal Review, and AZ Rider News; find Priscilla in newspaper stories for: The Green Bay Press Gazette, The Wausau Daily Herald, The

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  •   Hello Motorcycle friends. American Rider Magazine, the journal of the International Big Twin community, has published my story and many photos of an incredible mototour to Arizona’s three pyramid-tombs.  These pyramid-tombs, like the people inside, are mysterious, memorable, majestic, and located in Quartzsite, Florence, and Papago Park in Phoenix. The digital version of American

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  •   And so am I, full with the imprints of time and memory. I am rich in soul, yet I’m hungry for more. It’s not a feast I want, I keep my appetite for all things in moderation, but I want what singer Sam Garrett wants, “More life, more blessings; more peace, more unity.” It’s

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  •   Run to the Rez is coming up this weekend. I’ll be there listening and hoping to find words to describe this rally and Veterans honor ride. More than just a gathering, the four-day motorcycle rally, ‘Run to the Rez’ is also a mystery. Albert Einstein wrote of mystery, “The most beautiful thing we can

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  • Walt Whitman remains America’s greatest poet of healing. His close-up witness to the tragedy of the Civil War, coupled with his robust faith in the American creed led to his majestic and compassionate poetry. I believe it was his — and is my preference — to always err on the side of compassion vs anything

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