19 - Was playing checkers in the woods.
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And I met  up with Del the other  day, for playing
checkers. We like to  play outside, in places that
we remember being public  parks back when that was
a   thing  around   here.   Even   in  the   rain,
whatever. If  you never tried playing  board games
in the woods, you should. I thought it was a weird
idea too, until I tried it.

We do  mask up to  keep things safer,  although we
are both pretty solitary  souls these days. We all
got to  be careful.  Our neighborhood so  far lost
one to  covid this  year. And we  lost two  to the
ogre, two  more to overdose, and  honestly I don't
think Ric  is going to  make it after the  kick he
took to the head from that centaur last week. With
the covid added  in, it's kind of a  lot of lethal
stuff going  on around  here these days,  when you
list it all out like that.

Pete came by  too for a while  (and kept distance)
to help  us drink  these dreadful  Norville Island
Red Ales.  Still wish  I hadn't traded  that whole
bottle of ibuprofen for this case.

Anyways,  playing checkers  with  Del. Del  always
looks like they are  thinking so hard, considering
this  move  or that,  and  after  all of  it  they
finally pick  about the worst possible  one. And I
just want to keep the  game going, so I don't even
take advantage. Honestly, I think I don't actually
care about games, not  really. I just like sitting
around  outside, taking  turns,  and moving  small
things around.