Freddy Gets JigZoned!

20Mar08

I’ve decided that card table jigsaw puzzles are for winter. I need to pack it up (after the kids and I finish the one on the table right now). It’s Spring. Tweet-tweet. But what about those rainy days or sick days? They do happen.
Beware, it’s online fun. Yeh, Fun!
A couple of nights ago I found [...]

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Barn

13Mar08

In real life, as opposed to my puzzle dream, my family lived on an old farm. It wasn’t a working farm, but it had all the buildings. One day, when I was 14 or so, my mom and brother picked me up at a bus depot. We were driving home and had to pull over [...]

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Jigsaw Puzzle: Part Three

11Mar08

I had about a day and a half of puzzle withdrawal. I kept walking to the table and there were no pieces, just a bunch of dogs and cats looking at me. Then, it was over it. The kids were back in school. I had a lot of catching up to do and a sunny [...]

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Jigsaw Puzzle: Part Two

10Mar08

In an effort to recapture that wonderful, puzzleful, “up north” weekend, I set up Papa’s old card table in the living room and got out a puzzle. My six-year-old son also loves puzzles. We puzzled together and soon we were done, very soon. I could see his spacial mind working, and he and I seemed [...]

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Jigsaw Puzzle: Part One

10Mar08

I love jigsaw puzzles; the simple act of puzzle building can be so many things – void filler, diversion, therapy, compulsion, control issue, etc. Recently, I was fortunate enough to take a weekend near Lake Mille Lacs with the women of the bookclub I attend. It was absolutely wonderful in so many ways, but I [...]

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