There are a lot of people walking around in America with superior attitudes that have absolutely no basis in reality, and I regret to say that especially as a doubles partner, I am one of them.
Author Archives: MarkGozonsky
#473 Balboa Tennis Center / Sugar Taco
I mightta been a little delirious but nothing too heat-stroke-y. I’m not gonna let things get that out of hand.
#474: Holly Park, Hawthorne / a kindness
One of my rules is I have to be a sober gopher while on the quest so as to bring back a reliable report.
#475 Shatto Park, Koreatown / backyard kale
Instead of playing to win, I started playing to play.
#476 — Rawley Park, Gardena / Rico’s Tacos El Tio
One of the many things I like about this tennis quest is that I get to make all the rules, which means I also get to break them.
#477 Brace Canyon Park / La Bamba
The balls went bouncy, bouncy, bounce and we bounced along with them, having pure fun.
#478 Redondo Union High School (Lower Courts) / La Playita
Jumping is fun, but if you land on flat feet then you’re literally right back where you started.
#479 Loyola Marymount / Benny’s
I was under the delusion that you got some mulligans for unsporting behavior in team tennis, though this has never been the case in sports or in life, either.
#480: Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Rec Center / HomeState
I’m on a quest to play tennis on every free public tennis court in Los Angeles. This was my daughter’s idea, which is one of the many reasons why I like it. I have, over a 20-year LA tennis career, played on about two dozen different courts. And by courts, I mean the entire facility. Continue reading “#480: Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Rec Center / HomeState”
The Mushroom Farmer, Book 4, Chapter 9
Treating water as precious: one of the MF’s goals. He has bathwater waiting to be sump-pumped out of his bathtub.