Category: personal
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The Element Era: One Year In With Elvira
There are vehicles you own… and then there are vehicles that quietly become part of the story you’re chasing. In January 2025, I picked up a 2007 Honda Element EX from Peep, and it didn’t feel like buying a used car so much as inheriting a rig that already knew what kind of life it was meant to live. This…
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When the Road Stops You Cold
I don’t usually start a Forgotten Main Street story in a hospital room. But on Sunday, December 21, 2025, the road did what the road sometimes does – it reminded me that no matter how tough I think I am, my body gets a vote. That morning didn’t come with a warning sign—no rusty arrow…
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Happy New Year and Welcome 2023!
Welcome to the year 2023 and a belated Happy Holidays from the FMS Crew! While this post is a little late – we are already into the first week of the new year – we wanted to say Thank You for all the support we have received in this passion project. We must say that…
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Sunflowers Found
This was a huge surprise for me. It’s been so hot outside in Oklahoma, that I’m rushing from the comfort of home quickly into the a/c of the car. While I have been “forced” to ride the motorcycle in this heat, enjoying the backyard hasn’t been on my short list of tasks. Truth be told,…
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The New Adventure
Welcome to our new adventure! This venture started to form during a “man-trip” with Fielding and Robert, a.k.a, Peep and Dixie. We have been close friends since our military days in the late 1980s and only have seen each other in person twice previously. It’s amazing how we can go several months without talking and…