One of my life goals (forget the 10 that I posted about earlier this year – I should really just whittle it down to this one) is to have an email account that has zero messages in it. Right now my personal yahoo shows 99 inbox items just hangin out, and that folks has been about as low as I can get it. I save lots of articles and newsletters and just random things I mean to check out, but I simply can’t seem to find the time to fit in "all the things." (Curious where that "all the things" phrase came from? I was too! Check out what I learned here). One of the numerous ‘things’ that actually does make it out of my inbox (only to be reshuffled to a saved folder) is my Girlboss newsletter. It is written in an off handed steam of conscious blurb style (kinda like what I did above with the "all the things" comment). If you are seeking writers Girlboss I’m over here frantically waving my hand (the way I do when someone lets me over in traffic to say thank-you – like obnoxiously waving – pick me, pick me, thank you, thank you). The most recent Girlboss newsletter is full of fab info. This one had me researching bed linens, and offered me an understanding of who the hell my ten-year-old is talking about when she mentions Charlie D’Amelio. It also inspired this blog post. The last few weeks I have been writing about what I consider the top ten best gifts to give/receive this holiday season as we approach Black Friday. The Girlboss newsletter referenced how we will all be staying home more in the coming months (thanks again Rona) and linked to Noel Murray’s article in Slate highlighting the best new board games we may want to consider to help pass the time. One of the games he cites is Machi Koro Legacy. I was never a D&D player, but was always intrigued when my childhood friend’s teen brother and his group of friends would disappear for hours in the basement to play. Murray highlights Machi’s similar “narrative-driven” approach. As a storyteller myself, I’m thinking it might be high time to give this game genre a go. In his article introduction Murray also alludes to a previous article where he gathered what he considers the 40 Greatest Family Games (are you seeing why I get nothing done! Of course I then had to see the list). He nailed some of my favorites including Guess Who? and Boggle (which I now just added to my amazon shopping cart), but Murray missed these ones that I also love: Old Maid, Chutes and Ladders, Perfection, Scattergories, and Chinese Checkers. Since childhood I’ve also discovered these gems:
Finally, I have to mention how eerie it was to see a game called Pandemic featured in Murray’s 2018 article. If only it could have remained in the box.
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I am a creative writer, a runner, a seeker, a teacher, and a student. I've been practicing yoga since 2014 and story-telling my whole life. Archives
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