I'm still riding - it's one of the main reasons I settled in Texas after I retired from the military. It's mostly all-year-round riding here, except sometimes, ironically, in July/Aug when it can be too hot to be fun.
VP and Military Director for American Atheists, Founder of the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers, Coordinator for the CENTEX-MAAF meetup, scuba-diving motorcyclist and occasional nerd :-)
I'm a fellow atheist and a science fiction/fantasy writer. Through Project EBook Drop on Smashwords, I and other writers are making our e-books available for free to deployed military personnel. Larry Center tells me that, through Military Atheists, you can help publicize the project. For further information and to enroll in the project, people can contact Ed Patterson at edwpat@att.net. Thanks for helping to spread the word.
At 11:47pm on September 13, 2009, marty mueller said…
its nice to meet people of similar backgrounds and beliefs(or non-beliefs, lol). My wife and I also ride and dive. I'm deployed right now but will be home in a few months, hopefully a mild texas winter is in store so I can get some riding in.
Kathleen, welcome it is so great to see you! The more MAAFers the better! smiles! And-congrats on yr retirement. you must be so happy. Please say hi when you get a chance. I'd love to talk to ya. I'm in Vegas now =)
-jillian (from Ramstein)
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