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Lotteryist Week 17I am writing this during Fourth of July weekend. Knowing my excruciatingly slow progress from keyboard to web site, it may be Labor Day before it is posted. But there is always the hope (and this whole blog series is about the triumph of hope over experience) I will be efficient and timely.…

During the Great Shut Down I was one of seven people allowed in our sanctuary on Sundays for worship service. The room seats 400 people easy, which made the 6-foot social distancing rule for us seven people easy, easy, easy to follow. I was allowed in because I am the musician and the piano is…

Ok, this has nothing to do with the lottery, but it made me laugh, and laughing is a GOOD thing.A pair of robins must have their nest close to my driveway, because today as I left to go to Personal Lottery Central the two of them proceeded to chase my car down the drive. Very…

A relative was with me this week when I went to Personal Lottery Central and was she displeased! “Going there is putting yourself at risk.”“I’ll wait in the car until no one else is there.”“Going there is putting me at risk.”“Playing the guilt card is not fair.”“Buying a lottery ticket can hardly be called essential.”“It’s…

When my son was so sick I shared how stupid I found it was to go and on about winning the lottery. Well, now the whole world is sick, and it is a BILLION times stupider. So I’m not going to talk about the lottery.I’m going to share blessings about isolation. As I acknowledge both…

My small-town, almost totally non-existent social media following must have known I was back in town, and they all psychically knew the very time I was going to be at my Personal Lottery Center. I have never met as many friends at the local stop-and-rob on a Saturday afternoon. It was fun. First thing each…

My son was ill. Gravely ill. And far away. And without family. Made philosophizing on playing the lottery just plain silly. I was caring for my son, so no new Lotteryist posts for the last several weeks. He is on the road to recovery, and I am back home. Thank you for prayers, or good…

I’ve been on the road much of the last few weeks and have gotten behind on this weekly lottery thing. But the trips gave me great new ideas for the big bucks I’m not going to win. The first trip was to England. A whole week touring English gardens may not be everybody’s cup of…

Learned something interesting this week – lotterying has become a habit, a something I must do, a thing that must be accomplished. This week I didn’t think about what I would do with the money, the moral value of the lottery, even the composing of this blog post. The buying of the ticket was the…

There was a line of people at my Personal Lottery Central. The people stood very quiet in eerie silence. In my little town, people talk to each other. It’s hard to meet a stranger. But today was different. No one made eye contact. No one nodded in greeting. Was the place being robbed? As casually…