Play For Keeps

Games, puzzles and playing cards took on a new role in our lives in 2020, providing focus, connection and escape through an often rough, always unconventional year. No matter how you’ve lived your lockdown... indoors, working remotely while simultaneously homeschooling the kids, or passing the time alone, with friends and family at a distance and long stretches of unoccupied time, it’s a safe bet that honing your jigsaw skills or playing a few rounds of solitaire proved a great way to punctuate the weeks and months that seemed to stretch on forever. As we round out the year, let’s keep hold of these mindful acts of engagement that helped beguile the time while keeping us sharp and sane. Whether satisfyingly solo or all together around a multigenerational table — play on, players. Play on.