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  • The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride Worldwide

    The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride Worldwide

    https://gfolk.me/GregoryOrmson288222 2024 video wrap-up from DGR here: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DmDCBDfgG/ This is my reminder to everyone to ask the men you know to get a simple blood test to check their PSA. That blood draw can be a lifesaving event. The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride DGR is a worldwide fund raising and fun event with participation by people…

  • Run to the Rez Story in American Rider

    Run to the Rez Story in American Rider

      Runnin’ Against The Wind The 21st annual official Run to the Rez was held October 17-21 at the Apache Gold Casino and Resorts in San Carlos, Arizona. 2024 was the biggest yet, attracting 720 registered riders and many spectators and onlookers. From the beginning, this motorcycle event has honored military veterans. Saturday’s program at…

  • Riding to the Mysterious Pyramid Tombs of Arizona’s Outback.

    Riding to the Mysterious Pyramid Tombs of Arizona’s Outback.

    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…

  • The Ghosts Are Full Here As The Hungry Half Moon Rises

      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…

  • Culture Wars and Walt Whitman

    Culture Wars and Walt Whitman

    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…

  • My Portable Home

    My Portable Home

    “My Portable Home: Finding Refuge on My Yoga Mat” Published by Yoga International “Now it doesn’t matter if my yoga mat is on the bamboo floor of a polished studio in Hawaii, a beach in Mexico, or on a cedar dock over a Wisconsin inland lake. My place, where I find all that I need,…

  • Check out my Royal Enfield with this day travel bag for motorcycle or bicycle

    I’m convinced of a product’s worthiness when I see comparisons between two or more with similar features. I’ve been in the market for a day bag to mount on my Royal Enfield Bullet 500. There are lots of bags out there, but they never appealed to me. I hadn’t found one that met my needs…

  • Get Your Irish On With The Good Rascal

    Irish music relays powerful stories of love and loss, patriotism and sacrifice, and a thirst for the dram or grog. It comes to you with a strong beat and lyric verse. Sing along or pound your fist on the table to “Whiskey in the Jar,” “All for Me Grog,” and “Wild Rover.” Get lost in…

  • Can Yoga Spirituality and Christian Spirituality Co exist?  Part II

      — a five-part series by Gregory Ormson Part I ONTOLOGY explored the place of divinity and humanity in yogic and Christian philosophy.  Part II BREATH Yoga and Christian Spirituality Within Their Creation Narratives In both Christian and yogic traditions, a divinity emerges from primordial dark and emptiness – or a watery void – and…

  • Yoga Song, the audiobook – a soundtrack to your yoga journey

    Coming up on gift giving season, here’s an audiobook for your yogi so they can listen while driving to class. Yoga Song is an instrument of mass inspiration in 21 vignettes and five original songs. Hear my integrative description of the humble warrior pose in “Yogi, Heal Thyself,” or the excavation of emotion rising up…