SCRABBLE: Come Hungry; Leave Happy
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Lack of food is not the only thing that can cause hunger although it is the first place our thoughts go when we think of being hungry.
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“Hunger is the best pickle.”
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
“Hunger makes you restless. you dream about food — not just any food, but perfect food, the best food, magical meals, famous and awe-inspiring, the one piece of meat, the exact taste of buttery corn, tomatoes so ripe they split and sweeten the air, beans so crisp they snap between the teeth, gravy like mother’s milk singing to your bloodstream.”
Dorothy Allison (1949–)
“An empty stomach is not a good political advisor.”
Albert Einstein
“It seems to me that our three basic needs, for food and security and love, are so mixed and mingled and entwined that we cannot straightly think of one without the others. So it happens that when I write of hunger, I am really writing about love and the hunger for it, and warmth and the love of it and the hunger for it; and then the warmth and richness and fine reality of hunger satisfied; and it is all one.”
M. F. K. Fisher, The Art of Eating
And then there is ‘SCRABBLE HUNGER’. Have you been there? I’ve experienced it whenever I’ve gone away on an extended trip, away from my scrabble community. These days, the internet has solved the problem a bit by offering so many different opportunities to play online. But if you are a club and tournament player you know the hunger of not being able to play with a knowledgeable mavin.
One of my joys in life is being able to welcome traveling scrabble players when they visit southern California. I can see the wanting in their eyes for a ‘real’ game. Their hands are often shaking from the lack of holding a tile for days. Just like a medic might provide CPR, I rush them of to Club #350 or the 1st Sunday Tournament. I kvell as I help bring the color back into their pale faces. See Nancy’s joy from simply putting her hand into the tile bag, after a long absence.
Snowbirds from the northern climes who take winter vacations to the sunny west coast need to know about my Scrabble Vacation Packages. CLICK HERE, and share with all your scrabble friends.
Avoid Scrabble Hunger; Play Club #350.