too, paired her coffee with a slew of chain-smoked cigarettes. Later in life, still missing a “good cigarette” with her coffee, she busied herself with crossword puzzles and sudoku after she was finished browsing through the newspaper
The crossword clue: 'N.F.L. great Hirsch'? [answer: Elroy] The question came from Louise who was in the living room working on her daily crossword puzzle ... Louise likes to refer to her husband as "game boy" due to his fairly extensive sports knowledge ... not that he'll be ...
I wanted to try sprouting mung beans in a cafetiere, as I’ve seen it can result in really plumptious beansprouts. (Apple really doesn’t like that word. It’s very red and wiggly underneath. Well Apple, Google says it’s real and has a pronounciation guide, it’s not a Rachel Speci...
What a great present. I can totally see why she sent it this week. I’ve looked at those make an origami-whatever or solve a daily crossword type of calendars, but have never seen a crochet version. It’s an American product which my cousin saw in a garden centre here. I bet you ...
her crossword puzzle books. Between appointments we’d moon over howsweet her oncologist was, and we’d walk the long mural-lined hallwaysto the cafeteria where we’d both get the soup we’d decided “wasn’t half-bad.” We came to know nurses. We smiled at receptionists. We ...
Now, before I go any further, I have to say this: The show is not good. This is hardlyBig Little Lies, a series I unabashedly loved, even with a story conceived of by the same author and some similar beachside thriller aesthetics and themes. Brie, Lacey, Neill, and Bening give partic...
I know ‘enate’ only because it’s an example of crosswordese, that is, a word that shows up in crosswords and nowhere else because it has a useful sequence of vowels and consonants. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen ‘agnate’ in a crossword. The sequence VCCVCV is not so unusual...