Do People Play Mah Jongg in Taiwan?

The answer is yes!  And I think they get upset with how the game goes occasionally.  Look what I found mixed among a pile of broken glass in the alley leading to the back door of our apartment.

It looked like some player got furious with the game and tossed it out the window along with the glass top table he/she was playing on.  Do any of my Mah Jongg friends ever get that upset with the game?

It can be hard to find Mah Jongg sets in the U.S.  So I was excited when I found this display in the local hardware store.

No, I won't be purchasing.  These sets don't have jokers.  Perhaps the person who threw their tiles out the window wouldn't have done it if he or she had had a few jokers.

And the ladies of the club....

.....(the Mah Jongg Club) gathered today at a local restaurant, Lai Lai, after the funeral of our dear friend

Rae Bordo

July 20, 1923

July 9, 2010

It seems that Rae was here one minute, and then gone in the blink of an eye. She loved her five daughters more than anything else in the world, but she made each of her many friends feel that she loved each one of us best. That is Rae's legacy - she had room in her heart for everyone.

We walked into St Helena's Church in a summer drenching downpour, and as we left the sun was out in full force. It seems as if Rae was telling us it's okay to be sad for a while, but we need to carry on, remembering the happiness she always shared with each of us.

Here's to you, Rae. You will live in my heart forever.