I start and end each day with puzzles.
Puzzles are, for me, another of
life's little pleasures. When I get up I do my "life admin" and
then hit the on-line puzzles. I like codeworks and (the easier) cryptic
crosswords in the morning. I envy people
who can tackle the Times or Telegraph offerings. I love the online versions with checking
facilities. They also mean I can cross
out my answers and the page still looks pristine – such an encouragement to my
inadequate brain!
At the end of the day it’s a pen
and paper job. I have difficulties with
sleeping so no way will I use a screen close to bedtime. And at bedtime it’s sudoku. I buy a book or,
more likely, print puzzles from free online sites. (I possibly get cheaper ink cartridges than
most people.) Nothing too hard – I don’t
want an unsolved puzzle to keep me awake!
No, I want to drift off with my puzzle solved and Alexa reading me a delightul story.
Do you like to solve puzzles or do you think them time wasters?
I do like puzzles but fail miserably at some, I never thought of having an Alexa to read stories, sounds nice.
ReplyDeleteIt's great! She will also ask trivia questions if you like.
DeleteI've always got a sudoku book on the go - I don't like the too easy puzzles at the beginning of a book and get cross if they get too hard at the end! I also like working my way through giant puzzle books with codewords and word-search although I miss out the crosswords as they make me cross too. All in all Not very relaxing!
ReplyDeleteDon't like codewords in books as much as I like online.
DeleteI have 4 different daily puzzles I do words and numbers, it gets me going in the morning with my 1st coffee.
ReplyDeleteFeeding the mind as you water (or coffee) the body, I suppose!
DeleteI particularly like logic puzzles or word puzzles where you are given a grid or a circle of nine letters and have to make as many words as possible using the central letter in each. Pencil and paper only, I find my brain works better that way. Elaine (Lincs)
ReplyDeleteHaven't done many of those - they're a sort of anagram I suppose. Reminds me a bit of the teacher writing "Constantinople" on the board for us to make as many words as possible
DeleteI love any word puzzles, especially the Telegraph panagrams. And I have a go at Wordle each day!
ReplyDeleteI haven't let myself get hooked on Wordle yet!
DeleteHarvey is the crossword puzzle person in this house. I do word searches once in awhile, but I would much rather read for a bit before falling asleep.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
A true traditionalist in your bedtime routine!
DeleteI do jigsaws and sudoku online
ReplyDeleteIt's a while since I did online jigsaws but I used to enjoy them.
DeleteEvery morning - crossword, wordle, Quordle, killer sudoku.
ReplyDeleteIt becomes part of the routine, doesn't it!
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