A spirited journey through the world of collectible artisan puzzles
Pairing craft cocktails with crafty puzzles
A Day at the Circus
What has 114 individual parts, weighs almost 1.5 kg, pays homage to a petting zoo, the circus, an Angel, Harry Potter, and has been confused with a berry?
Horsing Around
One of the most famous stories from the Trojan War mythology is the crafty ruse devised by Odysseus, after ten exhausting years and the death of Achilles, to win the war, by hiding their soldiers inside a massive wooden horse.
Pretty Penny
There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity. - Douglas MacArthur
Prickly Situation
The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Coasting Along
Watching a coast as it slips by the ship is like thinking about an enigma. There it is before you, smiling, frowning, inviting, grand, mean, insipid, or savage, and always mute with an air of whispering, "Come and find out". ― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness
Why the Long Face?
The famous monolithic statues of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) are instantly recognizable for their strikingly simple features that evoke mystery and mysticism.
Transformation
Dod Yn Ol At Fy Nghoed (Welsh phrase - “To return to a balanced state of mind”; literally, “to return to my trees”)
Good AdVice
“It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues” - Abraham Lincoln
Cheap Goods
“The North American word schlock”, according to Vocabulary.com, “comes from the Yiddish word shlak, … "junk," or from the German Schlacke, "dregs," "slag," or "refuse."” It’s crap.