THOUGHTS FROM THE TRAIN

While working on another post, I came across this quote from Henry David Thoreau, "I am grateful for what I am and have. My Thanksgiving...

A fantastic holiday read that left me wishing I'd brought the next book in the series too. I'm really enjoying how the books roll into...

This is the first audiobook I've ever listened to. I've owned the hard copy for a long time, but I just never seemed to get around to...

Exploring Stoicism and golf

When I grow up I want to write a book like this. With more twists than an episode of Strictly Come Dancing, this one starts off slowly...

Earlier this year, my friend Neil and I played a normal Sunday morning round of golf on the Jubilee Course here in St Andrews. Looking...

The final part of my trilogy on the hedonic treadmill. What does it mean to me? Is happiness really pre-determined and fixed?

Over the last few years, I've grown increasingly interested in stoicism. This year I subscribed to Billy Oppenhiemer's "Six at 6 on...

Grateful for this game we play Outside on any given day Life and golf, for me entwined Fuelling demons in my mind In highs and lows, the...

Please no! This is the first blog post from my THIRD website. Switching my blog away from GoDaddy has been much more troublesome than I...

This is the first blog post from my new Squarespace website so hopefully it’s worked! Having grown frustrated with certain aspects of my...

I used to think there was infinite time For this journey through life, towards death But this is a race you never can win And one day...

10 July 2023|Thoughts about When contemplating retirement, I spent a lot of time worrying about what other people would think about my...

7 July 2023|Thoughts about I've been so concentrated on golf reading (and playing) that I'm well behind on my other reading this year. ...

14 June 2023|Thoughts about Thurs mair than jist gowf In the Auld Grey Toon If ye get aff yer arse An look aroon Beaches as lang As a...

8 June 2023|Golfing with gratitude Is the fog starting to lift? Play one shot at a time Play one hole at a time Don't dwell on a bad shot...

31 May 2023|Thoughts about We have been enjoying a great spell of weather in St Andrews recently so I decided it was time to get out and...

11 May 2023|Golfing with gratitude, Thoughts about Sunset over the Old Course What does contentment mean to me? This is something I have...

18 April 2023|Golfing with gratitude, Thoughts about Love nuts, stones, plums, spuds, knackers, gonads or whatever you call your...

22 March 2023|Thoughts about This is one of my favourite movies and I must have watched it at least half a dozen times (the 2020 version...