Day 120
Bapa playing
“Dots” with Z. Tyler or Lexi
It
just doesn’t take any money to Live a
worthy life of time and space; create adventure!
We
spend “most” of our days creating “fun” for the entire family; we enjoyed the
“goodies” of life, certainly. I built the kids a swimming pool, we had a farm
with myriad animals, horses, dogs, cats, chickens, sheep, doves and a turkey
named “Tilley”. There was plenty of time spent together playing and working,
each aiding in the overall “plan”. We had golf clubs and went to “Putt-Putt”
and the driving range, took day trips and extended vacations. We mowed a lot of
grass and put up thousands of straw bales and also, alfalfa bales. We raised
cattle. One of the family favorite pastimes was sitting by the open hearth fire
in chilly months; sled riding.
We
played a lot of checkers and I taught the kids and grandkids to play chess---as
best I knew how. I never won a game
of “anything” save the one time I annihilated daughter Beth in a “friendly” game
of Monopoly! In a moment of weakness, I reckon I took it like life “real estate”.
A
game called “Dots” where a plain piece of paper is covered with dots in lines
and columns and each of two players draws a line vertical or horizontal between
any two dots. When a player “closes” in a box with four connecting lines making
a square; the successful player making the square complete writes their initial
in the box and gets another turn to draw another line. When all blocks are
filled, a count of the letters in the boxes determines the winner.
Not
much to the game! Perhaps. But, it sure is fun. Inexpensive. Fun family-time.
Yeah!
I’m a dreamer; these are the “important” issues of my Simple-life and times.
I
have a file folder from each of the “kids” with sacred “games” contained
there-in. Hmm!
They
serve as a reminder of the “worthy” manner in which I spent my time and space
values!
Ah! Cookie Jar Sweet “treasure-measure”
Memories! Amen!
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