Can You Buy Happiness? (The Happiness Project)
Throughout 2025, I launched a monthly exploration of how small, intentional choices can lead to a more joyful life, both on and off the court.Read More
1 responseSix Books About Tennis’s Greatest Players (According to the Economist)
Earlier this week, I included a pointer to an article in The Economist in my Monday weekly news roundup. It was touted as a list ofRead More
The Importance of Showing Up in Tennis Friendships
This weekend, we’ve been exploring how tennis friendships are forged through intention and deepened through the generosity of our time. Today, we turn our attentionRead More
Generosity of Time: Building Tennis Friendships Through Purpose
Throughout 2025, we are spending the first full weekend of each month with posts inspired by Gretchen Rubin’s New York Times bestselling book, The Happiness Project.Read More
The Happiness Project: Friendship
Throughout 2025, we are spending the first full weekend of each month with posts inspired by Gretchen Rubin’s New York Times bestselling book, The Happiness Project.Read More
1 responseGame Set Murder (Now on Audible) and More Stan Powell
In 2023, I reviewed Game Set Murder: A Stan Powell Thriller by Chris Merrill. The book was a product of the pandemic, as Merrill enrolledRead More
1 responseThe Quest (Revisited)
“The Quest: Novak Djokovic’s decade of chasing at Roland-Garros came to an end, unlocking history” (a mouthful of a title) chronicles the journey that culminatedRead More
The Warrior: Rafael Nadal and His Kingdom of Clay
I first wrote about Christopher Clarey when reviewing The Master: The Long Run and Beautiful Game of Roger Federer. At the time, I blandly notedRead More
1 responseFirst Service: Andrea Jaeger
Andrea Jaeger enjoyed a meteoric rise to tennis stardom in the early 1980s. She turned pro when she was 14 and reached her career-high rankingRead More
Try New Experiences to Rediscover the Joy of Tennis
Drawing inspiration from Gretchen Rubin’s New York Times bestselling book, The Happiness Project, I am making this month all about making intentional efforts to have moreRead More