Steve Bolton
@srbolton.bsky.social
Traveller, soldier, leader, mentor, daredevil gravelleur. Serving & growing the next gen of Army leaders. Campaign capable, comfortable w/ ambiguity. Let’s talk history, strategy, SOF, & sosh. Likes: bikes, books, bourbon, & whatever blows your hair back.
Occasionally, another member of my species will do something so remarkably wreckless on a bike that, having sideslipped a trip to the ER, all one can do is say “DAYUMN, that was close!” and process appropriately.
Here’s to spicy Saturday morning rides.
Here’s to spicy Saturday morning rides.
July 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Occasionally, another member of my species will do something so remarkably wreckless on a bike that, having sideslipped a trip to the ER, all one can do is say “DAYUMN, that was close!” and process appropriately.
Here’s to spicy Saturday morning rides.
Here’s to spicy Saturday morning rides.
Make sure you set aside time to do the things that put your mind and body right in some way.
April 28, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Make sure you set aside time to do the things that put your mind and body right in some way.
A generally unproductive day but after a 577 ACFT this afternoon I’m not of a problem-solving mind, so I guess it’s a Silverado kind of night.
April 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
A generally unproductive day but after a 577 ACFT this afternoon I’m not of a problem-solving mind, so I guess it’s a Silverado kind of night.
The coffeepothecary is in.
February 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The coffeepothecary is in.
Likewise! Love this Klee from a great museum!
January 31, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Likewise! Love this Klee from a great museum!
What are you watching?
Add this to a your list. It’s a great analogy for politics and societal challenges.
Add this to a your list. It’s a great analogy for politics and societal challenges.
January 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
What are you watching?
Add this to a your list. It’s a great analogy for politics and societal challenges.
Add this to a your list. It’s a great analogy for politics and societal challenges.
Your annual reminder that Flyover Country’s got something to say.
January 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Your annual reminder that Flyover Country’s got something to say.
While having lunch today mid-ski at the local resort (southern PA), my youngest across the table gave me a running commentary on how many people made faces behind my back when they realized what I was wearing🤣
January 27, 2025 at 3:15 AM
While having lunch today mid-ski at the local resort (southern PA), my youngest across the table gave me a running commentary on how many people made faces behind my back when they realized what I was wearing🤣
What’s on the telly this morning?
January 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
What’s on the telly this morning?
This really is the perfect temperature for garage watts.
January 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
This really is the perfect temperature for garage watts.
I picked this up out of peripheral interest but it was such a crazy read that I set aside 3 work books last week to go straight through it.
There may be plenty of ethical decisions in one’s career that fall in the gray, but ffs, graft, greed, and treason are not in that zone🤦♂️
There may be plenty of ethical decisions in one’s career that fall in the gray, but ffs, graft, greed, and treason are not in that zone🤦♂️
January 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I picked this up out of peripheral interest but it was such a crazy read that I set aside 3 work books last week to go straight through it.
There may be plenty of ethical decisions in one’s career that fall in the gray, but ffs, graft, greed, and treason are not in that zone🤦♂️
There may be plenty of ethical decisions in one’s career that fall in the gray, but ffs, graft, greed, and treason are not in that zone🤦♂️
My “you are there” reading from a visit to Princeton battlefield not too many years ago.
January 4, 2025 at 1:10 AM
My “you are there” reading from a visit to Princeton battlefield not too many years ago.
What happens when you let a 5y/o watch Midway.
Yes, the original.
Yes, the original.
January 4, 2025 at 1:06 AM
What happens when you let a 5y/o watch Midway.
Yes, the original.
Yes, the original.
Time to get back to work! Short sweetspot spins to open Base 1, watching some of MvdP’s magic at CX Zonhoven.
January 1, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Time to get back to work! Short sweetspot spins to open Base 1, watching some of MvdP’s magic at CX Zonhoven.
Sometimes even simple plans go pear-shaped, so by 2030 tonight we were onto Malfi “french” 75s and this nostalgia…
January 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Sometimes even simple plans go pear-shaped, so by 2030 tonight we were onto Malfi “french” 75s and this nostalgia…
I’ve got great teammates and friends everywhere.
December 29, 2024 at 12:51 AM
I’ve got great teammates and friends everywhere.
I am a leaf on the wind.
😆😂
😆😂
December 26, 2024 at 5:38 PM
I am a leaf on the wind.
😆😂
😆😂
The remnants of tonight’s Jolabokaflod; my family has enjoyed this Icelandic tradition of giving books and chocolate and shared reading time on Xmas eve for the last 8 years, for no other reason than it’s a great idea!
December 25, 2024 at 1:44 AM
The remnants of tonight’s Jolabokaflod; my family has enjoyed this Icelandic tradition of giving books and chocolate and shared reading time on Xmas eve for the last 8 years, for no other reason than it’s a great idea!
I have awesome teammates everywhere.
Service parochialism is just nationalism on a smaller scale.
But yeah…
Go Army! Beat Navy!
Service parochialism is just nationalism on a smaller scale.
But yeah…
Go Army! Beat Navy!
December 14, 2024 at 4:52 PM
I have awesome teammates everywhere.
Service parochialism is just nationalism on a smaller scale.
But yeah…
Go Army! Beat Navy!
Service parochialism is just nationalism on a smaller scale.
But yeah…
Go Army! Beat Navy!