Category: Essays

“Play it as it lies” is the rule of golf.  The focus is the ball: “as it lies” can determine the success of the next shot.  If the previous one has brought that little white

“The tenants have just phoned.  They want to know if it’s okay that they cut a firebreak around the house.” No, I have never let my house.  Being in a profession where transfers do not

“A little learning is a dangerous thing.”  – Alexander Pope Common usage has altered what Pope wrote in 1709 to: “A little knowledge… “, but knowledge and learning are not synonymous.  Learning is innocent, a