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My Personal Blog About Life's Goings On 

Friday, May 3

A fond memory from 12 years ago today ... June Stieber's long-awaited hole in one.   We were playing golf at Oasis Golf Club.  And on the third hole, June experienced the exhilaration known by every golfer who has had one.  Relive it here ... 

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She stepped onto the tee box and took a couple practice swings with her trusty 7-wood.  Then, she addressed the ball and swung.  It was a good shot.  The ball crossed the creek on a good trajectory, hit just short of the green and then bounded onto the putting surface and began rolling toward the pin.  The pin was in the front right and the cup was hidden from view from the tee.  As she walked toward the green, there was no ball in sight.  Had it hit the pin and bounded off the green?  Where was it?   Oh no … could it be in the … oh my.  She walked gingerly onto the green and then carefully peeked into the cup.  Wowzer!  There it was … nestled into the bottom of the cup.  Her first hole in one after 40-plus years of golf.  Champagne for everyone!

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Monday, April 15

What a relaxing weekend.  The rain disappeared, the sun came out and the temp got into the 80s.  Two good walks each day with Millie.  Three wins for the Reds against the lowly White Sox ... shame they are not in the NL Central.  Masters golf didn't offer any drama on the final nine holes as Scheffler was in total command.   Now, foundation grant applications to read and some work to do learning how to navigate and operate the editing function of this web site.  Have a good week.

Wednesday, April 10

College basketball is finished for another year.  I was 14th out of 35 entries in my March Madness pool.  Now my sports watching moves on to baseball.  I will also pay some attention to golf, though I am not as familiar with the players as I once was.  This is my favorite golf-watching week ... it's Master's Week, when the golf world's attention turns to Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.  I don't have many regrets in life, but one is never having set foot on those hallowed grounds.  And what makes it all the more regrettable is that did not have to be the case.  Go to the Good Stories section of this web site and read "Augusta National ... Opportunity Missed & Lesson Learned."

Sunday, April 7

I was reminded yesterday of how beautiful the game of baseball is.  The Reds beat the Mets 9-6.  The highlight for me came in the sixth inning when the Reds scored two runs to pull within a run at 5-4.  With two out, De La Cruz walked and moved to second when Steer was hit by a pitch.  Fairchild’s bloop single to right scored De La Cruz and Steer raced to third.  Then came the play of the day for me ... a delayed double steal.  With two strikes on Stephenson, Fairchild broke for second.  The catcher’s throw to second trying to cut down Fairchild for the third out was late and off target, Steer broke for home and scored on what became a double steal.  Stephenson struck out, but the Reds had closed to the gap to one run at 5-4.  Trailing by only one run late in the game is far better than trailing by two runs ... puts a lot more pressure on the pitcher.  In the 8th inning, the Reds scored five runs and ended up winning 9-6.

Saturday, April 6, ...

The sun is out, the temperature is in the 50s, I just finished taking Labradoodle Millie for a walk, and now I am "playing around" with my new personal web site for the first time.  It feels intimidating, but the developer told me to plunge in and start splashing around ... he said everything published prior to the first adventure is saved and I can't do any harm to the web site's structure.  Later, lots of sports on TV today ... Reds vs. Mets and then the men's college basketball March Madness semifinals. Today's games will be hard pressed to match last night's women's game between Iowa and UConn.  

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