Round Museum

The sign is very clear. You shouldn’t P here.

08.26.22

In your cute little teardrop clamshell camper with your kitchen and bathroom and wide whitewall tires, you could pull up just about anywhere and put down stakes. There's the sun-dappled shoreline of Assateague Island, or the solitude of the huge lakes in the Ozarks, or maybe a crystal clear view of glaciers in the mountains of Montana. So, what are you doing parked in a handicap spot downtown? Get off the corner, Johnny!

08.25.22

You can't wait around too long with muffins on the table. Soon enough, you'll be looking at the wrapper.

08.23.22

A round of golf presents several scoring opportunities to match or beat the number of par strokes set for a hole. You don't want a Bogie, which is one stroke over par. The very desirable Birdie gets you one under. The elusive Eagle is two. Have you heard of an Albatross? Three under. The Ace is a rarity -- a hole in one. So what would a Dragonfly be?

08.22.22

As the late afternoon sun slices through the window of the dancehall, the angle of light sharpens intensity at the staircase, like a spotlight on a bullseye.

08.18.22

How long do you think you can sit there on 8 points before you get whacked? Your opponent has four chances to cue up their tang and knock you out of the scoring triangle. You need to send one down as a blocker to protect your biscuits.

08.17.22

Look ahead. With a full basket of balls and some time on your hands, maybe you’d benefit from a little practice on your golf swing. There’s plenty of opportunity here to eliminate your habitual banana slice. Or that embarrassing toe shank. Or the occasional whiff. Just remember to yell “fore” when you do make contact.

08.15.22

Cups and saucers washed and stacked and at the ready, your table is being set. Yes, it's early and you're hungry, but be patient, hot coffee will be filled to the brim in just a moment. Take a look at that china pattern, we've had these for so long the style has to be custom ordered. So don't rattle that mug... you don't want to break anything.

08.14.22

The fifth hole at the Twin Lake Villa golf course in New Hampshire is graced with the globe thistle, or echinops ritro. This unusual purple sphere flowers in late summer, is very attractive to bees and is not actually a thistle.

08.13.22

What makes your favorite diner special? Is it the southwestern omelette with silver dollar pancakes? Flo the bee-hive hairdo'd waitress who says "kiss my grits!"? The giant fiberglass donut and coffee sculpture at the cashier's counter? All of the above.

08.12.22