Author: Jarrett

  • Great deal on Kindle Unlimited

    Sign up here for amazon unlimited. You pay $.99 for 3 months and then it changes to $10/month. This lets you get kindle books, magazines, and audible books. Great for avid readers, e flush teachers trying to get…

  • Book Review: Beartown

    Wow, what a book!  I just recently found Fredrick Blackman, having a friend offer me A Man Named Ove to me back in November of last year.  It was a book that took me a minute to get…

  • How to Win Points Easier

    Everyone wants to win.  All of us would probably like a way to win even easier if we could, but so many of us are so scared to work on parts of our game, or even change things…

  • Osprey Farpoint 55 Review

    Some of you might have read about my wife and I’s journey through Greece and saw her mention that she was thankful that we had our backpacks.  I wanted to take a moment here to give my review…

  • Link: Traveling with Points

    Supporting our travel hobby has not been easy on our pocketbooks.  We aren’t rich, I’m just a poor school teacher, so finding ways to get out of town and not go broke has been challenging. Using points helps…

  • How to Pick the Right Racket

    Over the years, I’ve been asked to help tennis players pick out a racket.  There is no rule for what type of racket someone should use, but I’ve learned some secrets that players have used to help them…

  • Playing Tournaments

    One of the best ways to improve is to play. In fact, according to tennisfiles.com    playing tournaments is the 4th most important thing you can do. I hope that most of you have gotten out on the court a…

  • Welcome

    Hello, I am J.S. Smith and welcome to my website.  I hope to publish all of my works here, to create an online portfolio.  If you like what you read, please help to pass it on. If you…