
Dear Harvey: Boondoggling to The Isle of Wight
A reflective Isle of Wight journey: trains, ferries, tennis, Fox Norton, and lessons on relevance, second acts, and the quiet wisdom of showing up.

A reflective Isle of Wight journey: trains, ferries, tennis, Fox Norton, and lessons on relevance, second acts, and the quiet wisdom of showing up.

We’d booked the weekend using a generous gift certificate from Sally and Taylor, choosing The Pig at Combe and, within it, the Stream Cottage. The Pig is a boutique hotel chain with nine or so locations scattered around beautiful England.

Dear Harvey, This past April, Uncle Charlie McDowell and his good friend, Jim Logue, hosted a gathering of Van Patten descendants at Pine Valley Golf

Dear Harvey, It has been four years since we hugged goodbye and Cathy and I moved to London. I thought it was time to reflect

Dear Harvey, How can tennis help your golf? That is the question I will attempt to answer. I look forward to your perspective as well.

Dear Harvey, This is about the power of sport! I hope this letter finds you in spirit, and in good spirits. I want to share

Last week, on Nuggets, I wrote about a little book, IKIGAI, The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life. Ikigai is a Japanese concept

It’s Make it a Great Monday, and I can’t stop thinking about something I saw in Tim Ferris’s 5-Bullet Friday email update. It made me

Okay, let’s be honest. I’m not getting to scratch. I came to the game too late (age 42), and even so, I would need to

Dear Harvey, Before Emily and Kyle’s wedding, I came down with appendicitis. Ouch! I thought I had pulled an abdominal muscle working on a more shallow angle

Harvey on practice tee at Austin CC Dear Harvey, Flashback to early April when Cathy joined me in Barcelona for a sales meeting. I failed

Dear Harvey: “Few better golf weekends anywhere,” says Tom Coyne when I shared our trip to Cornwall with him. He should know! After our fun-filled Saturday playing

Dear Harvey, Cathy and I headed to Cornwall last weekend. I could not recall anticipating the first tee as much as this one at Trevose

We appreciate Kyle’s boss at Park Walk, Chris Aylard, for setting us up with a special tour of the University of Cambridge. Learn about Cambridge

Well, I said my goodbyes to Harvey and started the final preparation to depart to London for several years. We sold the Highlander at Carvana.