Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Good Things ...

Back in September I posted a blog entry about the closing of the Oasis Coffee Shop on the southside of Johnson City. The Oasis was a good meeting place. There were two guys who, when they were there, always made me glad. One of the men would often bring his small daughter along in her little car-carrier. He would place her next to him on a chair and then he and his friend would pull out a chess board and begin playing chess. When I saw them I always had a feeling of all being right with the world.

I haven't seen these guys since the Oasis closed. But last week they resurfaced at Panera. One of them is a teacher in Sullivan County, so he can only come when school isn't in session.

They invited me to play (they have a board that allows for two to four players). I didn't accept their invitation because I would have dragged the group down. The teacher (Dave, I think) is starting a chess club at the school where he teaches.

When I was in high school I would have scoffed at the idea of joining the "chess club". My age is showing, though, because now I think it's cool.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why not start a chess club at the church?

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