Tag Archives: golf

Golf. Just when I’d begun to …

Posted on July 1, 2014 by memoirsofahusk

I won’t say accept it, that would be silly – what difference would that make to anything (or anyone)? Tolerate it, perhaps? No, it was a smidge more positive than that – but anyway. A few days ago I opened … Continue reading →

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How my prejudices are suffering a setback, plus, probing some great (an exaggeration) unknowns

Posted on June 5, 2014 by memoirsofahusk

It’s discombobulating living here. It’s not just the things I don’t know, it’s the things I didn’t know I don’t know. First, there’s the golf. I don’t like golf on principle. Bunch of men getting together and perpetuating their networks … Continue reading →

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Blowing in to an old new world

Posted on December 30, 2013 by memoirsofahusk

A Strauss waltz dances from the breakfast radio. Outside, the headless firs wave their arms like frenzied violinists in some arboreal orchestra. The tall birches, double basses of the tree world, waver and shiver, constrained by their stature – and … Continue reading →

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