My Long and Varied History of Playing Card Games

Some People Live to Play Cards, Others Play Cards to Live

By Robert Couse-Baker from Sacramento, California — life lesson, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=117947882

One of the most Minnesota things about me is that in high school, I skipped class to play Bridge. My high school was about 85% white, and during my junior year, I would often play poker with a mixed group of friends during lunch period and Bridge the following hour when I should have…