Whereabouts

Backswing.jpgWhereabouts

: I’m back. My week-long nightmare of dial-up AOL is over. It feels so good when it stops hurting.

We went to our favorite vacation spot, Skytop in the Poconos, an island of civility in a sea of trailers. It was our tenth year there, so you can tell we like it and the kids love it. We dress up for dinner every night and ask for our favorite waiter, Fernando. We go on nature walks with John Serrao, who fearlessly picks up every log and rock to find us amazing critters. We swim. And I make believe I play golf. Gawd, I am bad at it. My father, trying not to watch here, said he broke a hundred. I said I broke the next hundred. I lost balls. I accidentally hit another player’s ball on the next fairway. I hit the damned ball so often I lost count. But we the family bonded. And we had fun.

9 responses to “Whereabouts”

  1. Scott Chaffin Avatar

    Good gravy. That hurts just looking at it.

  2. Dexter Westbrook Avatar
    Dexter Westbrook

    Hey, your head’s down. Your elbow is in (sorta). That’s good. However, Your stance is a little splayfooted, and it doesn’t look as if your trunk is rotating properly.

  3. Charlie (Colorado) Avatar
    Charlie (Colorado)

    Jeff, for God’s sake, eat something.

  4. thedragonflies Avatar

    Reverse pivot on the way. Hands collapsed too close to the body. Has to be timed perfectly to hit it straight. Just wind up and let er rip.

  5. stubby Avatar

    Hey! Someone with whiter legs than mine!
    But dude, the socks. Please….

  6. niels Avatar

    “Now, watch this drive…”

  7. rgong Avatar

    What? Someone in the gallery clicked the shutter while you were in mid-swing? Did you give the picture taker the Tiger Woods glare?

  8. Scott Brodeur Avatar

    Jeff golfs. The international blogging community reacts.
    http://www.masslive.com/weblogs/blogbeat/index.ssf?/mtlogs/mass_blogbeat/archives/2004_07.html#026773
    Hey, Jeff, judging from the comments here, it looks like you have a lot of golfers for readers. Who’da thunk it?