Archive for 2023
TLC Blog – What Am I Missing?
The three TLC supervisors sat down across from me at the coffee shop almost ten years ago at the end of a TLC summer. Liz. Jordan. Angie. I had been director for about three years. Liz (now our Assistant Director of Tennis Programming, then a TLC Supervisor), began calmly. “Women are not being treated the […]
“Oh, For —-‘s Sake!”
When I am upset, sometimes I say something like, “Oh, for Pete’s sake!” When I am really upset, I may say something like, “Oh, for (a different four-letter word than “Pete”’s) sake!” But what would happen if I spent more time focusing on another word? This is gleaned from a February 15 ESPN article. Last week, […]
Steve Wilkinson Slipped Away Quietly Eight Years Ago
Steve Wilkinson died eight years ago last week, on January 21, 2015. Eight years is a long time and the blink of an eye. People, when they found out he was in home hospice, all wanted to see him. TLC campers, instructors, former Gustavus players, friends, family. They lined up for a chance to say […]