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"Just Saying Is All" | eBook ~ Paperback ~ Hardcover
Poetic Works of Ridge Magee
Apple's Version Contains Embedded Audio by the Author
Primitive, Frank and Relatable Rhymes
Depictions of Life’s Circumstance
In the Raw Artless Tenor of Our Times
“I’m a 60s-era poet with an abiding regard for embracing diversity and inclusion, the import of the phrase “you do you”, the precepts “Do No Harm” and “Leave No Trace” and a practical appreciation for the premise “I’m Ok, You’re Ok”.
I tempt enlightenment by engaging and exploring alternative points of view, form opinions and convictions empirically, and tender my perspectives without apology. They’re merely what I believed to be true at a given point in time, tempered by my liberal nature. Just one bloke's pragmatic, prophetic, and pontifical perspectives on people, piety, and politics. ;-)
My poems are profoundly personal expressions as are all forms of art and ask only to be perceived, without bias or critique.
I have no illusions about my significance or the impact of my work. It is cathartic for me. Nor do I apologize for its primitive tenor or fret over how others might judge it, or me for it, for to do otherwise would inhibit free expression, and a reticent self-conscious poet is doomed to an uncreative and unproductive melancholy.
I naively hope my poetry fosters awareness in the uninitiated and clarity of conscience in the culpable.”
Ridge
"Golf's Simple Truths" | eBook & Paperback
Guaranteed Better ball Striking, Instantly
Ridge was in the golf business for a long time, as a student, player, pro shop owner, master club maker, fitter, and teacher. His father was also a lifetime PGA member so golf has been a dominating influence since his formative years.
Ridge owned and operated a golf retail, repair, and PGA-accredited teaching facility for nearly 25 years. Believing his customers were his best advertising, Ridge offered free lessons to all his “new" club buyers and averaged 15 lessons a week, 45 weeks a year for the last 16 years he was in operation.
During those years Ridge isolated 3 key elements that instantly and effortlessly improved everyone's ball striking.
Ridge shares a career's worth of wisdom that will help you defeat your toughest opponent, yourself.
"My Sense Is..." | eBook & Paperback
Bitz O’ Wiz to Educate, Inspire & Motivate
One Bloke’s Pragmatic, Prophetic & Pontifical Perspectives On People, Piety & Politics.
Or less precisely, a compilation of educational, inspirational, motivational and thought provoking pieces that Ridge has published over the years in various international publications.
Topics include forming convictions, God’s plan and being your own boss.
Ridge’s mantra since he began writing has been “Seek Enlightenment by Engaging and Exploring Alternative Points of View.”
Ridge; “When you scrutinize and ponder viewpoints, whether from others or even your own, new insights and perceptions are introduced and the collateral effect are revised perceptions and enlightened points of view. These are the acorns of enlightenment that grow into the strong personal convictions that define us. Doing your due diligence gives you confidence in your convictions so you can express your opinions and be part of the greater discussion.
All I ask is that while you read My Sense Is… you take into account that these are my points of view, based on what I believed to be true at a given point in time.”
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"The Early Years" | eBook & Paperback
A Free Spirit's Memoirs
I was a very fortunate child, growing up in a time and place that allowed me the freedom and means to be me. Independence began as soon as I got my wheels. As I understand it, they came attached to a tricycle and I was four years old. I'd zoom down our driveway to the two giant maples at the end and hang a right or left onto the sidewalk like I was the Prince of Prospect Avenue. Not once did I hear “stay in the yard”.
With unlimited energy and no cares I rode that machine up and down the three long streets and four cross streets that made up our idyllic small town Vermont neighborhood. I was looking for any of my friends affectionately known as the gang of 8. (Norm, Hank, Dave, Bill, Billy, Ron, Gregg and yours truly). Once two or more of us connected we'd spend our day playing all manner of childhood games and activities until lunch time when we'd eat at whoever’s house was the handiest or at supper time when we actually went home.
It wasn't like our parents didn't care where we were or what we were doing all day. They always knew what we were up to as evidenced by their unexpected arrival whenever one of us got injured. I don't have any proof but my sense is that all our moms were in constant communication telepathically.
I tempt enlightenment by engaging and exploring alternative points of view, form opinions and convictions empirically, and tender my perspectives without apology. They’re merely what I believed to be true at a given point in time, tempered by my liberal nature. Just one bloke's pragmatic, prophetic, and pontifical perspectives on people, piety, and politics.
The Author
Early in the 1980s Ridge wrote short stories about his exploits as a free-spirited youngster growing up in Vermont that he titled “In The Beginning”. When his stories were published much later, it was as “The Early Years, A Free Spirit's Memoir. He wished his parents had left similar glimpses into their early years.
Ridge wasn't compelled to write again until the late 1990s when he owned and operated a golf retail, repair, and PGA-accredited teaching facility. Golf was in his blood as a second-generation teaching pro and entrepreneur so he wrote about what he knew, helping duffers achieve golfdom. If you play golf you know what he means. That golf book was initially titled “Golf’s Brutal Truth; If You Suck At it Now, You Probably Always Will. Unless You’re The Exception”. Then later, in a more pensive mood he reworked and retitled it as “Golf's Simple Truths; Guaranteed Better Ball Striking, Instantly”. Better, I think.
Then 16 years later as political shenanigans were transpiring in Washington, long-dormant emotions and sensibilities awakened and Ridge felt compelled to engage. His writing during the next 4 years was largely directed at those shenanigans in Washington D.C. but he also published numerous inspirational pieces on international blog platforms. These educational, inspirational, and motivational articles have been combined and published in Ridge’s book “My Sense Is…”.
But then, in early 2020 during the Covid lockdown, Ridge developed a taste for poetry as a more enlightened expression of his emotions and went on to compile the “OpineMinded” 3 volume poetry series that has since been combined into 1 volume, renamed and published as “Just Saying Is All”.
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