Dear Bowlers,

I went bowling this weekend. (Don’t ask about my score.) I’m old enough that I learned how to keep score on clear plastic score sheets that projected through thick smoke onto the screens above the lanes.

It’s all automated now. But I still think learning how to keep score in bowling is one of the most useful things I’ve learned. 

Not because I still use it, but because it taught me that each thing we do has rules to learn. And if we want to play, we need to learn them. Sometimes they’re hidden, and sometimes they’re strange. But they tell us something about the heart of the game. And though it’s more work, that makes it more fun.

Sincerely,

Mr. Curt