Last year neighbor Logan (13) wanted to try some new games when he was tired of the old ones. One of my favorites is Boggle, finding words from contiguous letter tiles on a grid. He played it a couple of times, but it didn’t strike his fancy. Weeks later daughter Lise was here, and she invited him to join us in playing the game. This time it appealed to him. We played until she went back to Denmark.
After Logan was here yesterday, I texted Lise, “Logan came over late this afternoon to play Boggle. He won more games than I did, and he certainly had much better words. As he was leaving, he said his goal is to practice on me to get good enough to beat you.”
Of course, Lise and I are delighted. I lose more than I win, but I still enjoy playing the game. Lise is always eager for a challenge. Bring it on, Logan!!
Mehrling Muse 
I love this! Let us know when/if he beats Lise!
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You might hear Logan’s shout of victory if he ever beats Lise.
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I hope to do so! Remind Logan the way you get better at anything is to play those who are better than you. Ya’ll are just such great role models for an obviously motivated and inspired young man, and that matters.
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We enjoy Logan’s unbridled enthusiasm.
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I am not a good boggle player….
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I’m not terribly good at Boggle, either, but it’s fun to play.
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it is a challenge!
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I haven’t played in years, since before my mom died. I like word games. We played Scrabble a lot too back in the day.
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I wasn’t good at Scrabble. The scoring was hard for me to grasp, as well as the strategy.
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So many board games – Scrabble, Monopoly and Monopoly could take a whole evening to complete sometimes.
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I turned against Monopoly. It took to much time.
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Agreed! When I was much younger, that would be a game for a snowy Winter evening or the Summer on a stifling hot night when TV shows were in reruns or the Olympics were on.
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I don’t think I’ve played that since I was a teenager. Aways a fun game though.
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You are never too old to play Boggle again.
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