Learning As I Go: Marbles – Shooting Straight

At nine years old, I had an amazing marble collection. Green or blue cat eyes were my favorite. Most of the kids I played against weren’t great shooters, so I acquired quite the collection of marbles after each game. After a while, no one wanted to play against me, and baseball card trading took the place of our after school marble games. Marbles is a fascinating game that dates back to early Rome, Egypt and Greece. Originally the game was played with polished nuts or smooth rocks, eventual