Puzzle Maker: Appleone (Japan) Title: Dayton’s Repair Garage (note that we couldn’t find this for sale outside Japan) Pieces: 1000 Cut: Grid cut Relative difficulty: * Overall quality: **** Link to purchase: https://www.amazon.co.jp/アップルワン-APPLEONE-1000-769-1000ピース-デイトンさんのリペアガレージ（50x75cm）/dp/B0107NDFM4/ (note: Appleone import puzzles at US Amazon can run more than a hundred dollars for what should be a much cheaper...
December is one of the busiest months of year, and usually filled with social commitments that make it easy for self-care to go by the wayside. All of this makes December the perfect month to renew our commitment to self-care. A centerpiece of good self-care is a good night’s sleep. Research into sleep informs...
I’m currently working on my fourth novel, and querying my third novel. None of these have been published. But finally, I have a query that is resulting in agents requesting the full manuscript. One of the main things I learned in refining this query is how much it matters (or at least seems to)...
Last week, the work to imagine your “best self” may have brought out things that you don’t like about yourself or feel ashamed of. That is natural, and this week’s work helps put that information to use. If nothing came up last week, that’s ok too. This week, we are looking at what we...
Puzzle Maker: Tenyo (Japan) Title: All Stars Stained Glass (DS-1000-764) Pieces: 1000 Cut: Grid cut Relative difficulty: ** Moderate–separating by scene is sometimes tricky because of repeated colors Overall quality: **** Link to Purchase: https://www.amazon.com/Disney-Stained-Jigsaw-Puzzle-DS-1000-764/dp/B005SL896I/ Review: Tenyo puzzles are a tactile pleasure, though they’re somewhat more expensive outside of Japan. This puzzle is the...
The first two weeks of November, we focused on who we are and what we are proud of. It feels natural that this week, we focus on who we want to be. We can begin to feel that who we are is out of our control or down to our circumstances. I believe that...
