Writing

A turf scientist and golf enthusiast recounts a failed attempt at songwriting during train travels across Japan, unable to get past a lyric mixing English with the Japanese word for “railroad tie” (枕木/makuragi), before concluding he’s better off appreciating Townes Van Zandt than writing songs himself.

A writer shares early impressions from a working trip to Ortygia, Sicily, sampling gelato flavors, affordable local wines, and a puppet museum while productively completing articles for Golf Course Seminar magazine.

A redesigned AsianTurfgrass.com website features downloadable turfgrass articles with thumbnail previews, while ATC founder Micah Woods describes his current work organizing seminars in Thailand and Japan, contributing to multiple turf publications, and managing turfgrass content across several websites.

The Asian Turfgrass Center shares a new advertisement created for Golf Business Asia magazine, along with links to download several previously published articles on turfgrass maintenance, warm-season grass selection, and course maintenance standards, some available in Chinese.

A blogger shares their affection for what they consider the best postcard ever, featuring an image of a cheerful weed-pulling crew alongside a message about helping the government and using a Red Mountain Wines box for organic waste collection.

A personal reflection on sources of happiness that highlights the author’s own interests, including turfgrass research, fountain pens, Charles Dickens, and deltiology (postcard collecting)—noting that while they buy postcards to send, they accumulate more than they mail.

A golf turf writer announces the completion of a 12-month column on greenkeeping fundamentals for Japanese publication ゴルフ場セミナー and introduces an upcoming year-long series covering turfgrass science research stories and their practical applications for golf course maintenance in Japan.