This is the title I chose for my personal blog, which is meant to give me an outlet for one of my favorite crafts – writing – plus to use an image from my favorite sport, golf.  Out of college, my first job was as a reporter for the Daily Astorian in Astoria, Oregon, and I went on from there to practice writing in all my professional positions, including as press secretary in Washington, D.C. for a Democrat Congressman from Oregon (Les AuCoin), as an Oregon state government manager in Salem and Portland, as press secretary for Oregon’s last Republican governor (Vic Atiyeh), and as a private sector lobbyist.  This blog also allows me to link another favorite pastime – politics and the art of developing public policy – to what I write.  I could have called this blog “Middle Ground,” for that is what I long for in both politics and golf.  The middle ground is often where the best public policy decisions lie.  And it is where you want to be on a golf course.

As I write this, remember two things:

• The Masters in my favorite golf tournament of the year.

• Focusing on the Masters is way to quit thinking of Donald Trump and the travesty he has been, is, and would be for America.

So, regarding Days two and three:

Day two featured one of the worst days of weather in Masters history, prompting last year’s champion Jon Rahm to wonder why players were not taken off the course.  The wind blew hard and there were strong gusts, which blow sand off bunkers, especially on hole #18.

After his round, another player, Max Homa, who stood in second place, said “he was very glad to be off the course.”

Of course, one of the pieces of big news on day two was that Tiger Woods made the cut again, his record 24^th time in a row.

On day three, my favorite, Scottie Scheffler, persevered through an up and down day, getting on eagle on hole #13, a birdie on hole #15, and another birdie on hole #18 to confirm his position at the top of leaderboard.

Now, on to day four, which will have me glued to the TV set.