Football Epilogue

I think I've caught the golf itch again this year. I'm finding myself wanting to get out and hit and hit and hit. I think it started with a golf-centric Las Vegas weekend in February with one of my good friends from grad school. The view from the first tee at Siena Golf Club. We played two full rounds. The first was Arroyo at Red Rocks and the second was at Siena Golf Club . My game wasn't the greatest, but it was fun; and apparently the flame was (re)lit. Enough so that I signed up as a sub on the golf league I played on a few years ago and I'm playing in a tournament with that group this weekend. The weather here started to cooperate in early April and I was able to get to the driving range shortly thereafter. I've also started watching some YouTube videos trying to improve my play. One thing I noticed from my Vegas golf was my driver seemed dead compared to my friend and the people we were paired up with. I'm still trying to decide if it...

It's been a little while since my last post. Frankly, life, work, family, etc. has been busy. So here I am, at a localized ground-zero for doing a bit of writing and sharing in my life. One of the recent bright spots has been the installation of a new driveway at my house. The old one was well passed it's life expectancy. While it proved to be not too bad for shooting some baskets I had a slightly bigger vision of the space than merely parking cars. The driveway was nearly flat, making it a great surface for other endeavors. Racket sports, namely. The width and length of the driveway were ideal for pickleball ; a sport I fondly remember from gym class and was simpler in terms of space and equipment requirements than tennis or racquetball. Initially, I over thought it. I'd need a net and lines and gear. Today I realized that the plastic tape, originally adorning the end of my newly finished athletic surface tied to a couple of stakes made for an adequate net and the boun...