Year of the Horse

Grace was cleaning the dishes when I walked into the room, looking at my phone.

“Honey, you’re good at these trivia things, what was the 2012 Picture Oscar winner?”

She paused and stared off to her left.

“Argo.” came the replay after a few seconds.

“And what’s another word for zero?”

“Oh? Zip? Naught?”

“Hmm… Oh, um, Friday the 13^th and…”

I smiled as the correct answer was accepted. And then another set of questions appeared.

“2005’s most famous trial? The hell?”

She went back to the sink.

“Can’t help you there. You know I lost that year to heroin.”