AKA: Things overheard while playing Scrabble… Is topsy a word without turvey? Is hob a word without nob? Can the word oodles be singular? Is pest an alternative plural for pet when you have too many of them? Coyote is coy. His name tells us so. I know listen and silent are the same word […]
My friend Mara and I have a lot in common. We both experienced a traumatic loss of a loved one 4 years ago (and in my case 2 losses), we’re both writers, we’re both from Floyd and have lived alter-native lifestyles,* we both worked at “Seeds of Light” bead shop for many years, we used […]
Lunchtime at the Café Del Sol… Bruce to Mara: What are you doing?! Mara: It’s the Scrabble box, Bruce. See if you can balance it on your head. Bruce: You guys have way too much time on your hands. Mara: What?! I’m a full-time student and single parent. Bruce: Well, too much imagination then. Colleen: […]
AKA: Hey, how’d that scrabble board get there?! I heard there was no such thing as a free lunch, but it’s not true. I just won one at the Café Del Sol and I don’t even remember signing up for anything. When I asked the owner, Sally, how this happened, she told me that someone […]
“I lost my deluxe lazy-Susan scrabble board in a divorce,” I said to my two scrabble partners. We were playing in a different location than we usually do, a restaurant that didn’t have a complimentary scrabble game, and so I brought mine from home. I couldn’t remember the last time I used it, but I […]
Alex and I, once members of the same women’s circle, have been talking about playing scrabble together for the past 15 years. Learning that she was battling cancer was a likely factor that urged me to make the 45 minute drive out to her house and turn our intention into a reality. She lives with […]
AKA Give Me A Vowel: Since my friend who I frequently play scrabble with won’t let me post the picture I took of him playing, I’ll just have to describe it. It came out great. We’re playing at the Café de Sol wireless café in downtown Floyd. It’s his turn. He’s burly with a full […]
She, waiting for him to take his turn: Mind if I post the picture I just took of you on my blog? He: Yes. She: I won’t use your name. He: I don’t want my picture on the internet! She: Okay. He, while playing the word LANGOR: You spend a lot of time on the […]
Mara contemplating her strategy. If you were playing The Millionaire on TV and were stuck for an answer, the rules of the game allow you 3 options that give you a better chance at choosing the correct answer. You could eliminate half of the answers, leaving only 3 to guess from; you could ask the […]
Playing Scrabble at the Cafe de Sol
On the night of the day that my essay aired on WVTF public radio, I participated in a poetry slam at The London Underground in Blacksburg and won $100! Initially, I was leery about reading my poetry in such a smoky, chaotic atmosphere where rowdy guys holding onto mugs of beer seemed to be […]
