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I’ve tried to learn mahjong and I’ve enjoyed watching my cousins play — including Marsha! It is indeed a game of friendly competition and skill.

When I was a  kid growing up, I knew that my aunts played Mah Jongg and my Uncles and my Dad played cards, mostly poker.  My Mom didn’t play either one – her reason, if she needed one, was that she worked – she was a high school biology teacher – and didn’t have…

I have now officially become my mother.  I play Mah Jongg, sometimes twice weekly.  My foray into this new game began last July on Fire Island.  Friends encouraged me to learn, I watched several games, one gave me a very instructive and helpful book by Elaine Sandberg, and the other introduced me to an online…

I grew up in the Bronx where once a month my mother held a mah jongg game in our apartment living room. From the age of four, I was allowed to set up the walls of tiles around the four racks before the three other ladies arrived. Before I could read, I could decipher…