Chess

[vandy]

I just set up a weekly chess date with Ed. I'm not sure what exactly inspired me to want to play chess again. Perhaps I just feel like using that part of my brain more. Or maybe it is the season. One of the Thanksgiving traditions in my parents' house when I was growing up was chess. Most years we would drive down to Eugene and bring back our family friend, Tom Cherrytree. He would spend the night with us, and sometimes the weekend. After Thanksgiving dinner my dad and Tom would pull out the chess board dad made as his masters project in metalworking, stick match sticks in the bishops so they could tell them apart from the knights at a glance (because of course the chess set wasn't *normal* and easy to follow), and play chess. I would spend hours watching them, and eventually I learned to play too. This after dinner chess game always reminded me of the masculine tradition of retiring for claret and cigars, and it felt special to be allowed access to that ritual.

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[gwynnin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I hear you... I'm still looking for work, it's being a bitch.

We want to come back, maybe it can happen soon... I keep on getting visions of being back. Hopefully after Italy or something -- all of the artsy and building stuff makes me so envious.