During the summer months, Mah Jongg players often don’t get a chance to play. People go on vacation, or to another home, or they are watching grandkids, or have other commitments. The list of summertime activities is endless! Many groups have members who have to cancel much of the time, and some groups cancel the […]
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The power of Moms and Mahj can start with a bowl of chips when you’re 10 or 12, and you’re helping clean the house and set things up for your Mom’s Mah Jongg game. Maybe one of the players doesn’t show up. Your Mom figures you’ve watched enough games to fill in. Of course you’d […]
Do you play Mah Jongg with Family? Do you play Mah Jongg with your family? Well, you are NOT ALONE! Mah Jongg not only brings friends together, but families too. We asked our Facebook Friends to share their warm stories and memories of playing with family, and this is what we got. Turns out there […]
During the summer months, Mah Jongg players often don’t get a chance to play. People go on vacation, or to another home, or they are watching grandkids, or have other commitments. The list of summertime activities is endless! Many groups have members who have to cancel much of the time, and some groups cancel the […]
Ninety percent of Mah Jongg players (in this part of the world) are women over the age of 35, so it’s no surprise that Mother’s Day is important to us. After all, if we’re not mothers ourselves, we are daughters (or even sons) and chances are good our own mothers played or even taught us. […]
By Lynn Chorn You’ve all seen the horrific pictures and heard the gut-wrenching stories of Hurricane Harvey. It was every bit as devastating as you saw. My home is two blocks from one of the main waterways in Houston, Braes Bayou. Thousands of homes drain to this bayou. Living so close means that water fills […]
Thanksgiving at Where The Winds Blow by Lynn Chorn This Thanksgiving is special at Where The Winds Blow. This is the first Thanksgiving without Harold Gluckman, whom we lost suddenly in July. Harold has been an integral part of daily life at Where The Winds Blow for the past two and a half years. He […]
The power of Moms and Mahj can start with a bowl of chips when you’re 10 or 12, and you’re helping clean the house and set things up for your Mom’s Mah Jongg game. Maybe one of the players doesn’t show up. Your Mom figures you’ve watched enough games to fill in. Of course you’d […]
Mah Jongg is an ancient Chinese game, played with tiles and supporting Mah Jong racks, that is often attributed to Confucius, the historic Chinese philosopher. While it is not entirely clear when the game was first introduced, most sources estimate the game was first played around 500 B.C. Nobody really knows if Confucius had anything […]
If you have been playing Mah Jongg and want to invite your friends over, you need a good set of tiles. A Mah Jongg set for sale can be just what you need to have a party and show your friends how to play the game. This is a game that is easy to learn […]
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