Category Archives: Gambling

My Most Unforgettable Character

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Ellen Ross

Reader’s Digest used to run a popular series entitled “The Most Unforgettable Character I Ever Met.” For me, it’s no contest. My most “unforgettable character” had to be my mother, Lea Roffe. Hands down. And this past Tuesday, October 16, … Continue reading →

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Philosophy 101

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Ellen Ross

My mother, Lea Roffe, was the best card player I ever knew. (And if you knew her, she was the best card player you ever knew.) All winter long, she would play in one poker game with the big boys … Continue reading →

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MooMoopalooza

Posted on October 16, 2016 by Ellen Ross

Today, October 16, would have been my mother’s 92nd birthday.  As some of you know, she passed away this June- following a hunger strike and snit fit of major proportions. She died the way she lived.  In a rage and fighting … Continue reading →

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