Picked up this neat book of essays by a famous sportswriter, Gay Talese. I’m liking all the pieces, esp the golf ones of course (too brief even for me, but they’re nice anyway). One has the above-repeated title. Here is his webpage with lots of neat items: http://www.randomhouse.com/kvpa/talese/. (I should note— after seeing those pictures of him on his site, I was moved to type “is gay talese an a**?” into Google, but nothing much came back, and anyway who cares— he can turn a phrase in print, and that’ll do.

A nice place to learn some golf (Harvey Penick style) with one of your brothers on a lazy day. A real mom and pop operation! (And what a great life that must be.) Pitching and putting on 18 holes (60-120 yds per as I recall) for $10. Rolling Acres Pitch and Putt