Golf Dreams

"Where is human nature so weak as in a bookstore?" This memorable line, by Henry Ward Beecher, is on a bookmark from Jane Ross Books in White Rock, a shop we hope is still there.  It was in Jane Ross Books that our literary and golf editor acquired "Golf Dreams" by John Updike, a collection of wonderful pieces, fiction and nonfiction, by the extraordinarily prolific writer.  

"Golf Dreams" includes. among much else, the short story "Farrell's Caddie," recommended to all, even those who think a nine iron is something used to press pants.

One of our team sent a copy of "Golf Dreams" to Canon R.S.L. McAdam, his youthful spiritual mentor, and a dedicated golfer still playing in seniors tournaments in his nineties. There was no response, and our guy thought perhaps it had been unwise to send Updike to a conventional clergyman. You might say he had bogeyed his shot. 

But do check out "Golf Dreams." And meet us for a drink at the nineteenth hole.