Games to play, songs to time, surprises to spring.
Let’s start with a wee surprise.
Hie theeto Itch.ioto play Skeal anon.
It’s free and it’ll take you four minutes.
See you in a bit!
That’s fun, isn’t it.
Every time we take part in tradition, we’re building and strengthening memories and investing energy.
This is amplified by knowing other people are doing the same.
Repeated over time, it’s an emotional feedback loop.
The joke’s still good, and you’re glad we’re here doing this together again.
This emotional bank supports withdrawals too.
It’s been a rough old year on about every front and my brain has turned to mush.
Then when I did remember, I almost skipped it.
Was not feeling it.
I’m fully spent.
But I think it’s valuable to continue traditions especially at those times you’re not feeling it.
Playing Skeal today, I feel some of those banked emotions flowing into me.
A little pep talk from the past.
More than that, it places this moment on a continuum.
I don’t know that’s next but I have left another footstep in the sand alongside you all.
And if nothing else, I have now played Skeal.
It is a good joke.
I go for a walk, and if I’m really lucky, I find mushrooms."
