Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
The lessons shuffle steadily, through generations and decks of cards. You can be young at heart, they say, but for criminy sakes, don't lead with hearts if you're the picker. Obviously. Saturday afternoon, my husband Vince joined a merry band of Sheepshead players whose founders first formed an alliance at Southside Junior High 85 years [...]
If you deal the cards, they will come. Fishermen fresh off the nearby lake, retired CEOs of large corporations, farmers enjoying a break on a Tuesday afternoon, musicians, judges, police officers, shift workers, social workers, teachers…if you deal the cards, they will come. They’ll bring with them the memories of their fathers, who taught them [...]