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Just back from a fun time of sharing with about fifteen people at the Frisbie Senior Center in Des Plaines. Wish I had had time for a tour of their new facility, but thought the fireplace in the library was super. Especially today when we’re playing with single digit temperatures.

Nearly everyone purchased a book — mainly because they readily recognized the infamous cardplayers. I told you before — every center has them. I even made a point of saying it in the first chapter which functions as a prologue:

“Within every senior center in the country, from Seattle to Miami, from Charleston to Santa Fe, tucked away in some corner of the building, whether rented, leased or owned, you will find senior citizens playing cards. Whether crowded into church basements or luxuriating in the card room aboard cruise ships, they will spend hour after hour playing bridge or hearts or rummy or euchre. But wherever they play, you will find at least one table distinct in its wealth of bright, multi-colored face cards because the game of choice is pinochle.”

We spent a lot of time talking about the banana murder. Wonder why?!

There was also a bit of concern about whether people might take my book as a how-to proposition. Ah me.