Happy Holidays

Hi Canasta Lovers,

It's been a very long time since my last posting but it is Christmas Eve and I want to take this time to wish you all a happy holiday.  I love this time of year. I love the sights, scents and songs of this season.  Here in Paradise  it hardly feels like winter but there are twinkling lights on all the palm trees and sudsy snow for the kiddies at Citiplace.

I am now in my second year of teaching our favorite game.  What started out as a plan to keep myself busy has turned into a "labor of love."  I have met so many wonderful women (and one man) through canasta. They are smart, warm and fun to be with.  What impresses me most is the passion and excitement with which they approach life.  I am especially impressed by some of my more seasoned (and I don't mean salty) students. I have been teaching women in their eighties and a few in their nineties, they come to lessons prepared to learn and have fun. They know, probably better than I do, what is in the pack and whether it is a good idea to pick it or not. Excitement spills over when a joker canasta or a pairs hand is made.

Playing canasta is a good way to keep our minds active and keeping our minds active is a good way to stay young. So forget the Botox and play canasta whenever you can!!!

Have a happy holiday season and a new year filled with all the good things in life.  Stay in touch canasta Goddesses.
Love, Barbara