It's actually been pretty good lately.

The warming sun of spring has cheered me up and energized me. Since the last post (almost 5 years ago, ha!) I am now a member of STAR Riding and Touring http://www.star300.org/ and recently, I became a Freemason.

STAR is OK, the rides are too early for me, I'm not much of an early riser, but rather somewhat of a night crawler. I ride a Yamaha Venture, a V-four touring bike. It's a great bike, a behemoth of an albatross, it's like an Lincoln towncar. Big and comfy and handles like a boat. Actually it handles well at speed. Low speeds turn it into a crippled moose. There is a fix for the slow speed handling issues, I just have not done it yet. After all, I am a lazy man.

Freemasonry has been wonderful. I have enjoyed every minute of it. I am a member of Sunrise Lodge #783 in Westerville Ohio. Freemasonry provides me with a inspiration to lead a better life, and to be a better man. Maybe that's why I have been feeling so much better the last few months.

I've also joined York Rite, a Masonic order that provides further inspiration in Masonic ideals. I am now a Sir Knight in Mt.Vernon Commandery #1, Knights Templar. Mr. Vernon #1 was founded in 1818 and is the oldest Commandery east of the Alleghenies. Members have included Governors, Senators, and the likes of me. History and honor lives on in Mt. Vernon #1.

I do not intend to get lazy in Freemasonry or York Rite. And they meet in the evening. After all, I am a nightcrawler.