Look at you, getting all fancy with it now.🙌🏽

Thank you for stopping by. God bless.

God bless Brotherman!

Thanks Bud!

Thank you Love. I do love you so.

I love You so much.

Oh gosh... you're biased though... I love you!

Thank you Love. I love You ma'am.

Oh my goodness! You went way back in the archives for that one! God bless you ma'am. That was back in Hillsborough, NC. My wife always wondered, "Well why aren't you in any of the pictures?" I was riding and taking those pictures. Thank you so very much.Enjoy this poem I wrote: Asheville… I Miss You… Where would I be, Had I not found you. I wore ruts in all the roads, Always looking for something new. I rode all the big numbers and small from one to ten. I had an itch to wander that few could understand. Between Greenwood and McCormick, Was a place called “Promised Land”. I was freezin’ in winter. In summer I was bakin’. Somewhere around Augusta, I went to Aikin. My travel was a miracle. On a simple two-wheeled machine. I raced tractors, mopeds, cars… County lines, city signs, and anything in-between. People can’t think it much of a deal… Spinning around on rough pavement. It was freedom to suffer… And free the soul from enslavement. The mountains aren’t for the weak. Oh, maybe if your municipality is secure… But venture out from that comfort… One must be pure to endure… Descend and spin… But it won’t be long… There’ll be a mountain… To make you strong. You know… you can't go far, Without a really hard grade. You’ll burn under the sun, And freeze in the shade. And… I miss you Asheville… Town Mountain, River Road, Ox Creek… Pro-Bikes on Merrimon… And fatigue that won’t let you speak. I was sleeping on the floor. I was bathing in the sink… Working fingers to the bone… Close to the brink. Running on empty and habits, Riding centuries and more. Returning to the shop And lying down on the floor. No… you don’t understand… What was way back then… It’s 2025… Take away 2 score and ten. Go Back a little more… You’ll see empty stores downtown… And sweeter souls that were Asheville, And cooler people that hung around. Yeah… I’m sorry that you arrived, After the cool thawed and disappated. It was a different world, And progress never waited. It was a very cool city. There was a beautiful sorrow. With tantalizing anticipation… For today and tomorrow. Asheville lost some luster, As the stores downtown became occupied. It would be a couple decades, Before that paradise died. Oh, I know… you think you know it. And for the young generation, It’s wondrous and beautiful, And worthy of celebration. Buzzard Rock… Craggy Gardens, Betsy’s Gap, Doggett Mountain, Spivey, Paint Fork, Paint Gap Hookers Gap, Walnut Creek… I chose the hardest mountains, The steepest grades… I wasn’t weak. It’s six miles up and 3 miles down, From Mitchell to Craggy… the Parkway’s 355 to 364. And it’s 25 more before I can dismount, And fall on the floor. I can go to the guardrail now, Near the spring from where I drink. I can climb to glory or descend with splendor, And all I’ve gotta do is think. Those there today have no idea… Yes, the Parkway is pretty with sunsets sublime. But for the true Asheville that lives in my soul… You’ll have to travel back through time. The top of the mountain, Is where the sky and God embrace the earth. And it was at these altitudes with these attitudes, That I was revived, reincarnated, and given rebirth. Michael Davis 01-30-2025

Oh ma'am... thank You. I'm a duffer but I love our God.

Yes sir! Thanks!

@edroyster797 Its one of my favorites too.

Man!

God bless y'all!

So this means if I smoke... I cannot follow Jesus?

No... not at all. I'm smokin' a cigar. Folks have spoken against smokin'. Im just comicly repeating nonsense as i nonsensically smoke a cigar. We are at the mercy of God and God's grace. 50 years I was smoking cigarettes in Vietnam while dodging bullets and rockets. People might say that I'm not a good example to young people. I'm not. Jesus is the example. I burn some tobacco. I walk outside... I light a cigar... I change my mind... I play my harmonica or sit quietly... I might send a picture of me and my cigar to a fellow smoker. Puffing on tobacco can change your mind and cause one to reflect on so so much. If we don't take time to ourselves in a way such as this... im not sure we're really free. No sir... I have no opinion of whether you should smoke. I have no opinion about consuming alcohol. I live with pain every day. Drugs doctors prescribe give me diarrhea or the opposite. Because of the opioid addiction scare - some pain meds that relieve pain are no longer dispensed... I disagree with the suspension of opioids

@johnstarter777 My comment was shortened due to a mistake... i disagree with the suspension of opioids for all because I'm in pain and - I cannot become addicted to opiods - not easily - because opiods cause constipation. And I'm not into constipation... although... the way I run on in conversations... one might think I'm full of stuff. No sir. God bless you and keep walking with God.

Thank you for watching and commenting. I try to be funny but I'm ill trained in comedy. God bless you and please visit often and someday, like John Prine we'll smoke a cigarette that's nine miles long.

Thank you ma'am and God bless you!

I love You very very much!

@francinetaylor5636 Thank you - God bless you.

Thank you - God bless you.

@@magmente-e1s God bless!

Thank you... God bless!

@JaydenHuneycutt God bless you bud. I'm thinking you have great exercise. Keep it as smooth as possible. I used to suggest cycling as smooth but it's getting too dangerous out of there. I've been hit 6 times by large cars now. Let me think but - take spirulina for nutrition. Athletes have been using that for years. Thanks for reaching out.

@@TheBikingDude God bless you too. Thank you for the advice! I’m wishing you well.

😅yeah!

God bless y'all Deacon.

God bless you!

Yes! God bless you Ed!

God bless you!

Do you mean where? To Heaven, if you'd like to know more let me know. I know JESUS

"Fly Away we're??" Maybe you need to have a grasp on the English language, tolerance for spiritual beliefs... This is an ole time spiritual song. Some can claim it as "religious". I say it's spiritual. Because you don't have a grasp on good vs evil... or God... or Satan... historical spiritual songs - especially those with no intent but spititual awareness...I'd hold off on questioning songs or spirituality. I know - for a fact, there is evil and an evil entity in this world. I was in Vietnam over 50 years ago, and lies still rule. The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, 10 and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. Therefore, God sends them a strong delusion so that they may believe what is false, in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

@@markshafer5491 God bless.

Things Excellent Paul prays that the Philippians would “approve things that are excellent” (Phil 1:10). This is what you need to do before you accept any covenant teaching your pastor tries to pull over your eyes. What is better than the old covenant? The new covenant. What is better than the new covenant today? The mystery of Christ excels where we find the dispensation of God’s grace offered freely to you. The church today is not operating under Israel’s covenants which are either inadequate or incomplete. If you are saved by the gospel of Christ today, you receive salvation now, freely, by grace through faith in the blood, burial, and resurrection of Christ, and all the unsearchable riches that come with that according to the mystery. Why contract for something you already have for free? Don’t let anyone beguile you of your reward with talk of shadows and types of Hebrew prophecy or judgments according to Israel’s laws (old or new). “Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.” - Col 2:17 You are in a mystery Body, not a covenant. If you are saved today and have the unsearchable riches of God’s grace be careful of being robbed of your riches by signing up for one of Israel’s covenants.

Thank You ma'am!

You're biased tho...:>)

Yes we all do.

God bless you!

Thank you!

God bless you bud!

You're very kind! God bless!

Thank you so much! God bless!

God bless you sir.

God bless you!

@@dianjacksondavis5383 I kinda plagerized Steve Goodman a wee bit.

No! That's the imperfect C&W sing. 😅

@@edroyster797 yeah man!😄