Puzzles Please, No Politics

I reserved what I thought was a pretty cool domain name, and I got down to design my homepage. The blog publishing software prompted me to connect my social accounts, so of course, I had to go create those. When I did, I found that I had a bevy of competition.

There were countless Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram accounts leading to blogs about puzzling. Not only that, but these were serious puzzlers. One woman head a post about how she put together five puzzles in two hours, lined up in the way I’ve seen master chess players take on multiple opponents at once. It was amazing, and daunting. There’s no way I could compete at this level.

So I decided to make my puzzle blog for ordinary puzzlers like me. People who do it as a leisurely pastime, to enjoy the challenge of figuring out where the pieces go, while enjoying the company of fellow puzzlers or the solitude and contemplativeness of building a puzzle solo.

Personally, I like to build a puzzle with my person, while we listen to various playlists on Amazon music, and sometimes have a glass of wine while doing it. We chat while we puzzle, about the puzzle itself, how challenging it is, how the pieces are strange shapes, remarking on the quality of the image or the materials; or we talk about anything and everything else, the music and the memories it brings up, our day, the dog’s weirdness (that’s another blog) and life in general. Just about anything is fair game for discussion except politics. There, my person and I hold different opinions, so polite talk about other subject matter keeps our conversations harmonious.

So this blog is dedicated to casual puzzlers who want to read and share about the pleasure of jigsaw puzzles — why we love them, our tips and tricks for assembling them, and anecdotes about them.

Thanks for stopping by, and please feel free to comment and join in the conversation, but please, no politics!