Author Archives: jmiller

A beautiful Friday morning at Roland Garros, and it started with Alize Cornet against Mirjana Lucic-Baroni on Court Philippe Chatrier.  Cornet walked off the court the winner, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.  A great match.  Here’s Cornet serving.

“We turned away from Portuguese Rock, went as close to the edge of the cliff as I was willing to go, and looked down into the impossibly clear, blue water, with waves blasting against the rocks. From The Tennis Player from … Continue reading →

In today’s The New York Times online, Christopher Clarey reports on the increases in prize money at Wimbledon, especially for the early round losers. Clarey reports that in 2013 a first round loser at Wimbledon will walk off the grass … Continue reading →

 On Amazon.co.uk: 5.0 out of 5 stars A book to live rather than just read 4 Feb 2013 By Roman Clodia TOP 50 REVIEWER Format:Paperback Oh, I adored this book! Everything about this just clicked with me: the characters who are individual and unique … Continue reading →

When I asked a NZ Department of Conservation officer if this was the Route Burn river, he replied, “You can drop the ‘river.’  ‘Burn’ is Scottish for ‘river.’” The Routeburn Track is one of NZ’s ‘Great Walks.’  

There are 40 million sheep in New Zealand, and most of them turned out this morning to block the Routeburn Road.