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TurfNet founder Peter McCormick weighs in on topics relevant and not...

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Calling it a career...

I have written a lot of Cheap Seats columns over the years – some say it’s what I did best – but this one is arguably the most difficult. An ancient proverb attributed to Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th Century states that “All good things come to an end.” It wisely advises that all situations in life are temporary and eventually conclude. Change is part of all natural cycles and must be accepted as such. For me, the winds of change are telling me that after 32 years it’s time to wind up
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Life

The King of All Dogs in Vermont...

It’s early Thursday morning as I write this, not yet 48 hours after our vet came to the house, sat on the floor with us and dispatched our much-loved Frosty to the Rainbow Bridge. It was exactly eight years after his Gotcha Day, a day when both his and our lives changed dramatically for the better. Early on, even on Gotcha Day, Frosty established himself as my wingman. This was on the drive home after picking him up from the transport, December 3, 2016. I am due to record
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Life

Let's not do this...

I had just watched and read Adam Garr's latest blog post/video (Rise Above) a week or so ago, in which he lamented the demise of Turf Twitter into a "cesspool of contrarians and armchair quarterbacks". Frankly, I had not seen much of that in turf-related social media content, maybe because I typically don't read the comments. I have found across the board that's where the trolls reside, the vitriol festers, the arguments start, where the grenade-launchers hide in the weeds... and I have no inter
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Perfectly imperfect: Old stone steps and a succession of dogs...

There are two sets of stone steps at my home in Vermont. One, leading up to the front door, was freshly hewn at a local quarry when we built fifteen years ago. The other, old and trodden, was rescued from an old church about to be torn down. The new steps are all crisp edges and smooth surfaces, appropriate for a formal front entrance, a testament to craftsmanship and quality of manufacture. They are beautiful but at the same time somehow sterile. The old steps are across the drive and lead
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