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 into, but really picked up and I wasn’t able to put it down. My sister, unbeknownst […]
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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 up.
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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 of my Osprey Packs Farpoint 55.
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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 to make the cost of travel a little easy. To maximize your free travel, the first thing
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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 pick out a racket to stick with. So these are the things I usually tell someone when
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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 little bit this summer. I want to take this moment to encourage you to use the tools
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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 found yourself here and would like to hire me for writing, please feel free to contact me.