This week I ramble about my healing journey. And for the first time in a long time I mean my physical healing, not the mental part. Not SO MUCH, this week, anyways. I talk about how the healing is going, how I have a really hard time being sedentary, and how I'm finding trhe zen of it all. And then I explain why I'll NEVER stop riding, so long as my body is able. Then I run down a list of all my motorcycfe crashes. Which, when I explain them all at once, makes me wonder, for a hot second, if I should keep riding. But of course I should. And then I dig in to how riding a motorcycle is akin to navigating life with mental illness. FUN. Really. It IS fun. Or at least I MAKE IT fun. Because if I can't find the fun in being crazy, what am I even doing living?

As always, if you wanna be penpals you can send postcards, letters, stickers, t-shirts, pain pills & nudes to: Jakey Szufs PO Box 795 Boise, ID 83701

The song that closes each episode theese days is called "Boys Riding Idaho" and was written by my dear friend Julia Gurry for my birthday a few years back. Check out her band Belle Roscoe https://www.belleroscoe.com/

Sorry this week's episode was late. This week I ramble about my litlte motorcycle mishap on a rugged dirt road deep in the back country of Cenrtral Idaho. Some might call it a crash, but I'm trying not to be hyperbolic. Hear how it happened, how I got out of there and back to civilation, the hospital vists, the beginnings of my recovery, and most importantly, how I've been managing to keep the depression at bay after what appears to be an abrupt end to my summer riding season. As always, if you wanna be penpals you can send postcards, letters, stickers, t-shirts, pain pills & nudes to: Jakey Szufs PO Box 795 Boise, ID 83701

The song that closes each episode theese days is called "Boys Riding Idaho" and was written by my dear friend Julia Gurry for my birthday a few years back. Check out her band Belle Roscoe https://www.belleroscoe.com/

Thsi week I ramble about the fleeting nature of life, and about how I found out I will soon be losing two long time friends to cancer. And how that reminds us of the improtantce to live every to it's fullest, and to find your own joy and to spread iit to as many people as you can. I talk about seeign Shane SMith and the Saints. And of course I recount another amazing trip into to heart of one of the most beautiful palces on the planety, Staney, Idaho and the Sawtooth Mountains. If you wanna be penpals you can send postcards, letters, stickers, t-shirts & nudes to: Jakey Szufs PO Box 795 Boise, ID 83701

This week I ramble about depression, and how it can sneak up you. Or me anyways. So I delve into what made last week's episode so difficult for me to record - because I was in the throes of a depressive funk that I hadnt even identified when I sat down to record. So I get into that for a while and then recount my forways into hunting squirrels with a blow-dart-gun. And I get into tubing on the Boise River twice over 4th of July weekend. I most certianly am earning my Idaho Stripes out here! Feels good to be BACK, Back In The Feel Good Groove! If you wanna be penpals you can send postcards, letters, stickers, t-shirts & nudes to: Jakey Szufs PO Box 795 Boise, ID 83701

This week I ramble. And then I ramble some more. The definition of rambling. this might just be the most disjointed podcast I've ever recorded. I was having a very hard time figuring out what to talk about this week so I delved into risk. And what that means to me. And how my "What's The Worst That Could Happen?!?" motto typically serves me well. It took a while for me to find my groove this week. Hopefully you're able to stick with it. I was. I ain't got that quit in me, even if I aint got much else in me this week. If you wanna be penpals you can send postcards, letters, stickers, t-shirts & nudes to: Jakey Szufs PO Box 795 Boise, ID 83701

This week I ramble about the Sawtooth Valley Gatehring music festival in Stanley, Idaho, going white water kayaking on class 3 rapids as part of a friend's bachelor party. And then the ride home. And how a 3 hour ride TO Stanley on pavement turned into an 8 hour journey home on mostly rugged dirt roads. I'm not sure I'll ever be able to stop pushing myself outside of my comfort zone, even if I wanted to. Which I don't. And hopefully never will. YOLO! What's the Worst That Could Happen?!?! If you wanna be penpals you can send postcards, letters, stickers, t-shirts & nudes to: Jakey Szufs PO Box 795 Boise, ID 83701

This week I ramble about the Tetons vs the Sawtooths, motorcyle rodeos, small Idaho towns and the agony and the ecstasy of meeting Harley riders. As always, if you wanna be penpals you can send postcards, letters, stickers, t-shirts & nudes to: Jakey Szufs PO Box 795 Boise, ID 83701

This week I ramble about being in minneapolis for Prince's birthday celebration, my love for Sturgil Simpson, all things rock N Roll, in dependent venues, and bringing back the pen pal project. If you wanna be penpals you can send postcards, letters, stickers, t-shirts & nudes to: Jakey Szufs PO Box 795 Boise, ID 83701

This week I ramble about what took me so long to get back to this podcast. but really it's about how and why I fled NYC, again, and came runnign back into the arms of the most alluring lover I've ever known, The Great State of Idaho! If you wanna be penpals you can send postcards, letters, stickers, t-shirts & nudes to: Jakey Szufs PO Box 795 Boise, ID 83701

This week I ramble about the new year, new me, and new beginnings. Not just being back in New York City, but me trying out something really new. A new job! Kinda? you might leave this epsidoe with more questions than answers, but thats what next week is for. A real cliff hanger of an episode!