The first summer he came to TLC, he did not smile.  Once.  He left and I remember wondering how he would navigate this world. Russell was…

When our daughter was five years old, we left her with Elsabet, our 13 year old neighbor/babysitter.  It was hard to get my wife, Leandra,…

Shhhhhhh…. We are finishing our 40th Summer of Tennis & Life Camps. And we are going to release some news publicly in October of what…

Smile! Isn’t that what every photographer says? But what if you don’t want to smile?  What if you’re doing something with your life that no…

Sometimes puzzle pieces don’t fit.  I try to jam them in where they don’t belong.  And they refuse to go.  Or they break.  Which means…

One of our camper’s opponents drove a tough shot into the corner, and the camper went for an ill-advised winner.  He tried to do too…

For almost 40 years we have been putting smiley faces on rackets.  Let me correct myself.  Steve has been putting smiley faces on rackets.  When…

What’s the score?  We hear that phrase all the time on the court and in life.   It is the measure of success in the eyes…

I have a tendency in my life to hold on tight to what is “MINE”.  In fact, we have a woodprint in our house that…

I saw it happen in the state tournament.  Two of our TLC campers were playing each other in the first round.  To my dismay, one…