A Short Game of Scrabble
On the rack before me were the following tiles: STARBES We were only a few turns into the game, but my wife was already way ahead (as usual). She is an avid Scrabble player and a voracious reader, her mind possessed an incredible vocabulary, including every two- and three-letter word in the Scrabble Player’s Dictionary. But I enjoyed the game regardless of whether I won or lost, and besides it was difficult to feel bad or discouraged about anything when Jennifer was near! Anyway, it was her...