Pelmanism can help your spiritual journalism! Sally Mason was surprised to be faced with a card game as an aide memoire to writing for the Friend. 'The essential skill needed', she observes, 'is not, as you might suppose, possession of a pen, paper, laptop and a subject to write about, but the ability to remember where two sevens, aces, kings or whatever lie in a pack of cards spread face down on a table. Naturally, the only ones capable of demonstrating this skill were those who play the game regularly with their grandchildren.'
The editor hastens to assure readers that the staff aren’t playing cards in smoky rooms all day! (Try this game - see how it teaches you to make mental connections and links, invaluable for expanding the mind when writing - Ed.)

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