Our annual summer bocce league is almost underway. Over two dozen teams, made up of four players each (plus alternates), meet at a local park to play bocce every Wednesday evening. Over the course of three months we battle it out to see who will be crowned the League champions and get to take home the so-cheesy-they’re-cool gold medals. It’s tons of fun. This year, with a slightly different group of team members, we decided a new team name was in order. Normally teams call themselves some ... VIEW POST
Four Reasons Why Playing Bocce is the Perfect Primer for Writing Romance
Ridiculous, I know. But hear me out. Bocce is an Italian form of lawn bowling that many say originated back in the Roman Empire. Basically, the goal of the game is to toss a small sphere called a “pallino” (about the size of an egg, but round) onto a narrow rectangular court and then try to roll the rest of your balls (four to a team per round) as close as possible to that pallino. I just finished my summer bocce league (came in 4th – yay!) and since I see almost everything through the prism of ... VIEW POST
