I don’t write in a journal everyday, but I have accumulated many entries over the past 50+ years beginning in 1966. Some items evolved into longer works. Among the leftovers little pieces survived. I thought a collection of these with a piece culled from the same date in a past year would make an interesting yearbook. The consistencies and inconsistencies of mind, skipping back and forth across time, provide varied perspectives. It is difficult to remember the context of the past we’ve lived; we also make suppositions about times that predate ourselves.

The few alterations from original drafts were to improve clarity. The worst of my work is not included. There remains enough mediocrity and immaturity to make me feel humble and you feel smart. There are also moments of accidental insight and incidental humor.

Author Stephen Crane referred to his little pieces as pills…apparently they were small and somewhat hard to swallow, but good for you.


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Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Wild Wing –Avocet


from this week in June, 2000 (I was 55)

Wild Wing –Avocet
         A return to the course after a year’s layoff.  It is a sculpted
landscape with towering mounds and deep traps framed by thick
woodlands.  Molded obstacles traverse the fairways at unusual
angles.  Barrancas of native grasses, marsh growths and pond
crossings make for visual deception and difficulty gauging distances.
The Bermuda fairways held the ball high on a light bed, easy to divot,
but causing some fat hits especially with high irons and wedge shots.
The large greens, often 40-45 yards deep, were tiered and undulating.
The challenges are fair because options present themselves, and
occasional easier holes provide breathing space.  I felt fortunate to
card a 90 though I knew I could improve both strategy and execution.
The course has a fabricated beauty of elegant human design artfully
imposed on the natural landscape.  I like the course, especially the
fairways, and we will return to experience more of this four track
complex.

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