This too shall pass: Mental strategy for dealing with adversity
My dear, departed mother — bless her soul — was a fountain of wisdom. In every situation in life, distressing or otherwise, some old saying, expression or proverb would find a way out of her mouth. A big regret of mine is that I hadn’t started paying attention to her vision earlier. There was a…
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Rad digs: Eurosport Asheville opens new showroom
Eurosport Asheville, the exclusive BMW and KTM motorcycle dealer for Western North Carolina, recently moved into its spacious new showroom near the Asheville Airport.
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Dodging rain on the Adriatic: Virginia rider tours the Balkans
The landscape, what I could see of it through the gloom, was green and verdant, reminiscent of my native southwest Virginia, but higher and wilder. I was south…
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“Head of the Dragon” motorcycle ride in McDowell County, West Virginia
The “Head of the Dragon” joins Back of the Dragon, Claw of the Dragon, and Tail of the Dragon to complete the Body of the Dragon motorcycle rides…
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From Russia with love — for motorcycling
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