Tali.

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Fairways, horses, books, and the long way round.

A small corner of the internet for the things I keep coming back to — a good round of golf, time in the saddle, a book that refuses to be put down, and photographs from wherever the road took me.

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Mountain landscape at golden hour
Somewhere on the road — the view that made me stop the car.

What I spend my time on

Four things, in no particular order. Each one has taught me something the others could not.

Golf course fairway in the early morning
On the course

Golf

Early tee times, quiet fairways, and the endless argument with my own swing. I play for the two or three shots a round that come off exactly as imagined.

Rider on horseback in open countryside
In the saddle

Horse riding

Nothing recalibrates a week like an hour on a horse. It demands your full attention and gives back a kind of calm you cannot get anywhere else.

Books stacked beside a reading chair
On the shelf

Book reading

History, biography, and the occasional novel that ambushes me. I keep a running list of what stuck, and why it stuck.

Travel landscape
On the road

Travel & photography

Places I have been, and the photographs that survived the cull. Mostly landscapes, a few faces, a lot of early mornings.

Journal

Notes from the fairway, the stables, and the reading chair.

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This page is better with two.

My wife has a standing invitation to add to it — a photo from a trip, a book she thinks I should read, a note about a ride or a round. She signs in, writes it, and I hit publish.

Open the contributor page
  1. Sign in with your email — I send a six-digit code, no password to remember.
  2. Write a few lines and attach a photo if you have one.
  3. It lands in my review queue, and I publish it from there.