Writing Out Loud
Published in D22 Connection, September 2026 Read the original article(opens in new tab) By Jessica Dee Rohm Admit it….you’ve always wondered what opera and bridge have in common. Well, humorist Robert Benchley once quipped, “Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings.” Kind of like bridge, no? […]
Published in D22 Connection, July 2026 Read the original article(opens in new tab) “The bee is such a busy soul, She has no time for birth control.That is why, in times like these, There are so many sons of bees.” – Ogden Nash By all appearances, Kathleen Owen seems perfectly suited to the orderly world […]
Published in D22 Connection, June 2026 Read the original article(opens in new tab) Partners Then. Partners Now. Call it fate. Call it the luck of the draw. In duplicate bridge, we like to think we choose our partners-but sometimes, it seems, the cards were dealt long before we ever sat down at the table. For […]
Published in D22 Connection, May 2026 Read the original article(opens in new tab) By Jessica Dee Rohm There are people who build successful careers-and then there are those who quietly build legacies. Marti Colwell has done both, with a life shaped as much by movement and reinvention as by purpose and heart. An Air Force […]
Published in D22 Connection, April 2026 Read the original article(opens in new tab) The founder of a renowned recovery center reflects on identity, aging, and the unexpected wisdom found at the bridge table. By Jessica Dee Rohm Four afternoons a week, Harriet Rossetto takes her seat at a bridge table at the Duncan Bridge Center […]
Published in D22 Connection, March 2026 Read the original article(opens in new tab) By Jessica Dee Rohm Sandra Seastedt was born in Switzerland, the daughter of a Swissair flight attendant – a detail that feels, in retrospect, less like trivia and more like destiny. “Travel was just normal in our house,” Sandra says. “Airports didn’t […]
Published in D22 Connection, January 2026 Read the original article(opens in new tab) By Jessica Dee Rohm In 2011, Rose and Chris Will lost their son, Matthew, to leukemia. He was just twenty years old-young, vibrant, and filled with promise. The kind of loss they experienced is the kind that divides life into two parts: […]
Published in D22 Connection, December 2025 Read the original article(opens in new tab) Representing Districts 22 and 23 on the ACBL National Board By Jessica Dee Rohm Some people measure their lives in years; Cornelia Gould measures hers in horizons-legal, nautical, and now, bridge regional director. From Pasadena to the Pacific and beyond, her story […]
Published in D22 Connection, October 2025 Read the original article(opens in new tab) The Story of Ian Collins By Jessica Dee Rohm Born in Birmingham, England, in the shadow of World War II, Ian Collins’ earliest memories were shaped by upheaval. As a child evacuee, he and his sister were shuttled between country homes while […]
Published in D22 Connection, July 2025 Read the original article(opens in new tab) A Conversation with Kris Pernicano By Jessica Dee Rohm Jessica: Kris, let’s start at the beginning. When did bridge first come into your life? Kris: It was 1969. Something big had just happened-something deeper than my alligator bite, and yes, I’ve had […]
