This winter, I went back to the woods. The backwoods. My homeland is in Central Pennsylvania, and I returned to celebrate Christmas with the family and to help out with […]
Coming Home to Coal Country
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An Afternoon of Cowboys
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My friend Fred Crane told me the Dubois, Idaho rodeo would be like “nothing [I’d] ever seen before.” Driving the hour-and-a-half it takes to get to the 670-person town from […]
The Idaho Sporting Life
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Making leisure an art form The air is crisp and cool and the sunshine hot. All is silent and still, except for the indistinct, whirring buzz of distant insects doing […]
An Ode to Coziness
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For anyone not living near a ski resort, this is the worst time of year. Christmas is by now a distant memory, except for some mocking reminders that arrive in […]
I Went to a NASCAR Race by Myself
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I once went to a NAScar race by myself. On purpose. Let me explain… I thought it would make a good story. And the fact that I’m telling that story, […]
Hot Yoga on a Cold Day
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I just experienced my first hot yoga class. Either that or I joined a cult. I walked into my friendly neighborhood Birkam studio and was told by the shirtless yogi at […]
Champagne in the Sunshine
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The annual Annapolis Cup, held last month, pits against one another two unlikely foes: the St. John’s College “Johnnies” and the U.S. Naval Academy “Mids.” The croquet challenge that ensues […]
Courtly Love: Rediscovering the Lost Art of Real Tennis
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The world of real (or “court”) tennis is, for most people, an obscure one. But the story of its latest rivalry is as familiar as it gets. The compelling playbill […]
The Murmuring 2000s
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The thought of watching a polo match in the twilight of a fading summer’s day while turned-out in the sort of attire that made Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age girls come and […]
A Virginia Foxhunt
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The spirit of a too-late Friday night is still coursing through my veins early on the first Saturday of November as I drive east into the Virginia countryside for my […]