How Insulting!

OK – now spring has really sprung. I’m sitting out on my deck in the sunshine, listening to the birds call each other (or maybe insisting I refill the feeder), and contemplating getting myself a cool drink. Maybe as a reward after I complete solving the...

Double Feature

This is going to be short and sweet as I’m just back from a quick trip to Florida and getting ready to host guests who are in town to attend this evening’s Orioles game. Name: Double Feature Grid size: 15×15 Entries: 74 Difficulty: Medium Easy (my...

Don’t Be So Diacritical

OK, I may have been a bit optimistic last week when I said that spring was definitely here. We had freezing temperatures last night and it’s going to be cool and wet until next week. April is being April, I guess. My excursion to the American Crossword Puzzle...

My Fellow Citizens

Happy April everyone! I hope you didn’t get fooled, or if you did that it was clever and fun, and not embarrassing or cruel. No fooling – it is definitely spring here. I have seen more and more buds blossom (or blossoms bud?) on trees and shrubs each day....

Where the Action is

It’s the last week of March and I forget if it’s supposed to be lion-like or lamb-like, but whatever – I like it well enough. It’s warming up, but not too much, and most importantly baseball season starts this week. Opening Day is arguably the...