LivingGardening for Beginners: What I Found When I Finally Tried
A primer on gardening for beginners from someone who watched his wife's garden for twenty years before finally getting in it.
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LivingFly Fishing for Beginners: What I Learned the Summer I Turned 63
My son-in-law put a rod in my hands on a cold North Carolina river. What happened next had nothing to do with catching fish.
GolfThe Best Golf Shoes: A Guide for Anyone Whose Feet Have Opinions
Gary Kowalski on what actually matters in a golf shoe after fifty, waterproofing, traction, and the long walk home on hole 18.
LivingPickleball Rules for Beginners: What I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before My First Game
The rules are simpler than they look. The hard part is unlearning what your tennis elbow already knows.
LivingThe Best Pickleball Paddles I Have Actually Used
I came to pickleball the way I come to most things: reluctantly, then honestly. Five paddles later, I have opinions.
LivingThe Push Cart
I carried my bag for twenty-eight years. The push cart was not a defeat. It was a recalculation.
LivingThe First Day Back on the Water
The AuSable tailwater below Mio runs cold in late March. The grass is still brown. Nothing is hatching. You go anyway.
LivingThe First Real Morning
There is a morning in late March when the season announces itself, not with warmth exactly, but with a quality of light that is different from all the light that came before it.