I only knew Michael briefly and as a member of a Game Day at Phillipsburg Library on Tuesday afternoons. Michael 's latest interest was mahjong and he took the game very seriously. He told me that he had only learned to play in the last several months and that he was self taught. He was quite good and loved to argue rules.Jokingly one day I told him that I was learning cribbage but I was having trouble grasping the scoring on the cribbage board. He told me he played for hours in the service. I then said Michael "Can you teach me how to score the game? He became very serious and said "Go get yourself a rule book and study it yourself." I realized then that Michael was trying to get me to teach myself as he had done with Mahjong. Our group at the library will miss him . Rest in peace, Michael.
