What I did on my holidays

As always, when I go to another country, I check out their cruciverbal material.  The USA, of course, has more than...

Juvenilia

I said I’d write something about juvenilia – or, at least, the reappearance of puzzles set long ago – ...

Thematic resonance

Getting things up promptly this weekend with a view to clearing the decks before hieing off to Kansas City.  The ne...

Inquisitor 1534: Unsatisfying

Let’s start with a video:  That’s Marjorie’s video about one of our trips around Wellington with ...

Slipping a week

Sorry about missing last week.  A family bereavement threw things out of joint, though we are more or less back on ...

Another hasty post

The weather here continues to be (mostly – the odd ex-cyclone apart) splendid as we move into autumn, with several...

The calm before the storm

We have an ex-tropical cyclone level 2 coming through on Monday (or perhaps Tuesday or even Wednesday).  In its pre...

Brief thoughts on pseudonyms

Running a little late again.  It’s a holiday weekend in that February 6 is Waitangi Day, and large numbers of...

Blog can expand to backlog

It occurred to me today that I will have to write a setter’s blog for the recent Enigmatic Variations puzzle Uncom...

Better late than never…

Being on holiday seems to result in less time to do things, so this is a day late.  I have found myself working thr...