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Keep your face always toward the sunshine–and shadows will fall behind you. –Walt Whitman A few years ago, my wife and I had the pleasure of spending a rare and long overdue vacation in wine country on the West Coast. …
If there was no New Orleans, America would be a bunch of people dying of boredom.–Chris Rose New Orleans has always been a special place for my wife and me. We both have (distant) family there. We both love the…
A real friend is someone who walks in, when the rest of the world walks out. –Walter Winchell I had the great pleasure of heading back to my college last weekend to re-connect with some old fraternity brothers. We mostly…
Leap, and the net will appear. –John Burroughs The US Marshals Survivor’s Benefit Fund assists the surviving family members of active US Marshals who are killed in the line of duty. Every year, they host a golf tournament to support…
Have you heard the old joke about country music? Beat. What happens when you play a country music song backward? Hmm? You get your trailer back. You get your wife back. You get your dog back. You get your job…
Almost exactly ten years ago, I had the opportunity to design and build (well, have someone else design and build) a screened porch and deck on the back of our house. It had been a lifelong dream since I was…
It took me seventeen years to get to 3,000 hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course. –Hank Aaron Before exploring in earnest, I was warned that golf was a humbling sport. Little did I…
Seeing is believing and believing is seeing.–Tom Hanks We all have new routines and traditions to keep us grounded and focused as the tedium of the pandemic wears on. Mine involves a basketball, a hoop, and the perfect shot. Every…
Reverse every natural instinct and do the opposite of what you are inclined to do, and you will probably come very close to having a perfect golf game. –Ben Hogan Golf, like life, is not always intuitive. Our instincts will…
I had the great fortune of visiting the “Live Free or Die” State of New Hampshire this past weekend. And the trip did not disappoint! Beautiful weather, foliage in full Autumn magnificence and fresh air in abundance. Glorious! As…