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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Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Marsh Harbour


June 27, 1998  (I was 53)   & June 24, 2000

Marsh Harbour
            This Dan Maples gem is a fair test that plays through the
whole bag of clubs.  It’s a perfectly designed combination of six
holes on each nine that require a variety of shots leading to the
real test of similar, but more demanding shots on the finishing
holes.  Even the scenic beauty is increasingly intense to enhance
the demands of more skillful play.  The well maintained fairways
and pine straw rough in the marshland and waterway setting,
provide a stunning contrast of color.  Just a well-conceived,
logically planned build up of drama into the final three holes on
each side.  No wonder that it has become the choice to both open
and close the two week trip, nor that other Maples courses have
become annual favorites (Oyster Bay, Willbrook, Sea Trail and Pearl).
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