This past winter during the Winter Olympics, we were strangely drawn to televised curling games. There are elaborate rules and rituals associated with a match, and we went online to examine diagrams and explanations of the game. The related game of lawn bowling is played throughout the world, less so in the U.S. than in Canada where it is often thought of as a Scottish pastime, and that is where we saw these women playing a match. Ralph spotted the slightly flat-sided or “biased” ball which causes a distinct curve to its path as it slows. (In this way it differs from bocce.) We noticed the apparent dress code and the restraint of the players as they watched to see how close the ball would come to the “jack,” a smaller white ball. For some reason, the bowler pictured here in fine form was the victim of a decided lack of team spirit and support from her friends!