The Spokesrider

Most of the buildings along Hawpatch Road are neat and Amish white. But there are a couple of derelict buildings. One is a church. The other is this old school. At least I presume it was a school. There is also a newer-looking Amish school down the road. This derelict looks like it never was [...]

More from my May 17 ride to Moscow. Almost any excuse will do for a stop along the way. This old schoolhouse in Albion Township caught my attention. It doesn’t seem to have been converted into a residence, like so many old one-room schools have. But do the two front doors mean this was a [...]

Over at the phred bicycle touring list, there was a request for an Ordnance Survey map from England. A list member offered one that was published in 1959. I got to thinking that for my bicycle rides, I often look for maps a lot older than that. Sunday afternoon’s ride was guided in part by [...]

Interesting term: View Quake. I got it here. It’s what happens when you read a book that shakes up your mind, earthquake style, leaving an altered landscape. I had an event like that about 11 years ago, when I read Roy Meyers book, “History of the Santee Sioux : United States Indian Policy on Trial.” [...]