Fortune Favors the Prepared Rack
THE ORDER OF THE TILE ◆ ISSUE NO. 28 · SEPTEMBER 2026 "Fortune favors the prepared rack." My Fellow Table Guests, Prim has been watching the lucky charms come out, the way
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A Different Game
THE ORDER OF THE TILE ◆ ISSUE NO. 27 · SEPTEMBER 2026 "The inner circle has opinions." My Fellow Table Guests, Four women sit down at one table. The tiles are identical,
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The Real Season
THE ORDER OF THE TILE ◆ ISSUE NO. 26 · SEPTEMBER 2026 "Summer is over. The real season begins." My Fellow Table Guests, There is a week every year when the whole
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The Third Half
THE ORDER OF THE TILE ◆ ISSUE NO. 25 · SEPTEMBER 2026 "It's a quarter." My Fellow Table Guests, Prim went for a walk last week on the family farm,
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Hey, Lucky Lady
THE ORDER OF THE TILE ◆ ISSUE NO. 24 · AUGUST 2026 "Luck owns the wall. Nothing else." My Fellow Table Guests, Twenty four. Prim has it on excellent authority that twenty
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That's a Foot Wedge!
THE ORDER OF THE TILE ◆ ISSUE NO. 23 · AUGUST 2026 "The tiles remember what you forgot." My Fellow Table Guests, Prim's grandfather played golf for a living. Not
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Nobody Called. Prim Is Calling.
THE ORDER OF THE TILE ◆ ISSUE NO. 22 · AUGUST 2026 "The game seats four. This table seats more." My Fellow Table Guests, Prim turned the summer out onto the table
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The Guilty Party Is Herself
THE ORDER OF THE TILE ◆ ISSUE NO. 21 · AUGUST 2026 "Read the table before you read the card." There is a scandal this week. Prim regrets to inform you that
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Prim Knows a Fake When She Sees One
THE ORDER OF THE TILE ◆ Issue No. 20 | July 2026 "Prim knows a fake when she sees one." There is a particular quality to the light in late July, long
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Love with Better Manners
THE ORDER OF THE TILE ◆ Issue No. 19 | July 2026 "We have been watching." There is a particular hour in late July when the light goes long and gold and
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The Open Door
THE ORDER OF THE TILE ◆ Issue No. 18 | July 2026 "Discretion is a virtue. Intelligence is better." The heat has settled in for the season now, the proper kind, the
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The world plays its game, we play ours.
THE ORDER OF THE TILE ◆ Issue No. 17 | July 2026 "The world plays its game this week. We play ours." My Dearest Table Guests, The country is very loud this
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