The tiles that bind
A group of neighbors on Echo Lake play mahjong on Friday afternoon, March 12. Pictured clockwise are Guinevere Cummings, Jan Thompson, Sarah Dakin and Candus Suppelsa. Mackenzie Reiss/Bigfork Eagle
Jan Thompson sorts through mahjong tiles Friday, March 12. Mackenzie Reiss/Bigfork Eagle
Guinevere Cummings prepares to exchange a tile during a round of mahjong near Echo Lake. Mackenzie Reiss/Bigfork Eagle
Candus Suppelsa plays mahjong Friday afternoon, March 12 at the home of Jan Thompson near Echo Lake. Mackenzie Reiss/Bigfork Eagle
Jan Thompson chats with her friends during a round of mahjong at her Echo Lake home. Mackenzie Reiss/Bigfork Eagle
Jan Lord gives Ted, a black Lab, a few cuddles during a game of mahjong. Mackenzie Reiss/Bigfork Eagle
A group of Bigfork neighbors have been gathering every Friday for nearly two years to play mahjong. Mackenzie Reiss/Bigfork Eagle
It’s Friday afternoon and a handful of women are bundled up around a table on Jan Thompson’s back patio. It’s the middle of winter with temps in the high 30s. Chilly, but not unbearably so — and they’ve certainly played in worse...
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