Living Retired — ‘Wordle Wars’
Living Retired — ‘Wordle Wars’
By Gary Chalk.
Jan and I are in the habit each evening of settling down in the family room to complete that days Wordle puzzle. We enjoy the challenge of having six attempts to come up with a five letter word to win the puzzle. I do Wordle for relaxation, whereas Jan is, well let’s just say she is much more competitive. Here is what I mean…
I grab my iPad and stretch out on the sofa and put my feet up. Jan’s sits beside me. She is armed with a pad of foolscap paper and a pencil. She doesn’t wear a camouflage top, but I swear she smudges enough eyeliner under her eyes that she looks like a pro football player running onto the gridiron.
“Jan, we don’t need to replay Orson Welles ‘War of the World.’ Wordle is just a game.”
“Gary, I want to give it my best. It may be more challenging today because I missed my high-protein pregame meal.”
“Jan, before we begin Wordle I am going to grab a beer. Would you a glass of wine, or Gatorade?”
Each night we alternate who enters the first five letter … Read the rest here
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