Something for the Soul.
The article “A Little Bit of Everything” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 5/18/2020. “Whether one moves slowly or with speed, the one who is a seeker will be a… (READ MORE)
The article “Wander Often, Wonder Always” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 6/01/2020. The photograph that accompanies this column was taken by my friend Bob on a ride a year… (READ MORE)
The article “No Mud, No Lotus” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 6/22/2020. “Most people are afraid of suffering. But suffering is a kind of mud to help the lotus… (READ MORE)
The article “A Curious Collection” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 2/24/2020. “Garages, barns and attics are always older than the buildings to which they are attached.” —Leonard Cohen I’m… (READ MORE)
The article “In Memory of a Friend” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 12/17/2019. “A fragment of what you felt, of what you knew, A formula, a phrase remains,—but the best… (READ MORE)
The article “Joy Made Double” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 09/23/2019. In Zen we don’t find the answers. We lose the questions. —Zen saying I recently met a young man… (READ MORE)
The article “Adventurers All” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 07/09/2019. “Suddenly you’re on an open unknown road Passing all the heavy, long wide loads It is time to… (READ MORE)
I’m very proud to announce the availability of my first collection of writings for RoadRUNNER Touring and Travel magazine. Zen Motorcyclist: Waypoints, Volume 1 is a collection of introspections and lessons learned during more than 200,000 miles traveled on a… (READ MORE)
The article “Gently They Go” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 07/18/2019. Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave…. (READ MORE)
The article “If I’m Right Smile” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 06/18/2012. Note: I’ll be departing Friday for an annual ride with my friend Ken in the West Virginia… (READ MORE)
The article Too Cool For School by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 5/15/2019. I’m sure I’ve mentioned in prior posts that my first bike was a 1981 Yamaha Maxim. The… (READ MORE)
The article It’s What We Do by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 2/14/2019. “… and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart …” — E. E. Cummings As… (READ MORE)
The article New Editions by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 1/10/2019. “Your heart and my heart are very old friends.” —Hafiz A few years ago I wrote a column titled… (READ MORE)
The article “The Cure for Grief” by Bud Miller was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 2/24/2013. The Cure for Grief is movement. I’m not sure where I first heard that but once I did… (READ MORE)
The article “Breaking Chains” by Bud Miller/Zen Motorcyclist was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 09/26/18. You can get it done. You can get it done. What’s more, you gotta get it done. —Lou… (READ MORE)
The article “Lost (and Found)” by Bud Miller/Zen Motorcyclist was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 07/29/18. “Think where man’s glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends…. (READ MORE)
The article “Dandelion Rides” by Bud Miller/Zen Motorcyclist was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 06/04/18. “So, raise a glass to turnings of the season and watch it as it arcs towards the sun”… (READ MORE)
The article “Why We Go Away” by Bud Miller/Zen Motorcyclist was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 03/30/18. Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see… (READ MORE)
The article “It’s Not Poison” by Bud Miller/Zen Motorcyclist was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 01/19/18. “It’s not poison Bud, it’s an itch. You gotta scratch it.” —my brother Dave Miller My brother… (READ MORE)
The article “Company Along the Way” by Bud Miller/Zen Motorcyclist was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 09/15/17. “There are no strangers here; only friends you haven’t yet met.” —William Butler Yeats I’m currently… (READ MORE)
The article “Old is New Again” by Bud Miller/Zen Motorcyclist was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 5/23/17. ““It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” —Henry David Thoreau It’s… (READ MORE)
The article “The Road Not Yet Traveled” by Bud Miller/Zen Motorcyclist was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 7/31/17. “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by,… (READ MORE)
The article “More Alike” by Bud Miller/Zen Motorcyclist was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 3/27/17. “We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.” —”Human Family” by Maya Angelou There are times… (READ MORE)
The article “Better Shared” by Bud Miller/Zen Motorcyclist was originally published on the “RoadRUNNER Motorcycle Touring & Travel” magazine website on 1/30/17. To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with. —Mark Twain … (READ MORE)
