tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258106215710395512.post7497731856071343659..comments2023-04-30T02:01:57.728-07:00Comments on ¿Se enseña aquí? Translation, writing, place: PuzzlingAmalia Gladharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08389647094442754615noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258106215710395512.post-53881802103689276992012-01-09T16:10:45.243-08:002012-01-09T16:10:45.243-08:00Stolen pieces?? Clearly beyond the pale. I'm s...Stolen pieces?? Clearly beyond the pale. I'm still working on my Mona Lisa. I've gotten a little help, begging each of my kids' friends as they wander by, but there's a LOT of dark background yet to go.Amalia Gladharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08389647094442754615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258106215710395512.post-30659062297298279462012-01-08T13:27:41.647-08:002012-01-08T13:27:41.647-08:00Amalia, your mom shared this post with me. I real...Amalia, your mom shared this post with me. I really enjoyed it. My last jigsaw puzzle was at a gathering where the puzzle workers did not respect the international jigsaw puzzle rules. One actually stole the pieces that I was working on. Beyond rude. But your blog has led me to trying it again, maybe a solo attempt. Thanks.marilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02003710266658410236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258106215710395512.post-37595803601386423622011-12-29T08:32:01.618-08:002011-12-29T08:32:01.618-08:00How wonderful to have a puzzle landing, where you ...How wonderful to have a puzzle landing, where you could survey the action below while puzzling away! I like crosswords, too, but puzzles are easier to share.Amalia Gladharthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08389647094442754615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1258106215710395512.post-25110942276375918342011-12-29T08:21:38.262-08:002011-12-29T08:21:38.262-08:00I love this post for so many reasons. Your thought...I love this post for so many reasons. Your thoughts about how the Great Artists would react to seeing their work become mass-produced kitsch (many, I suspect, would regret missing that income). Your surprising, and spot-on conclusion comparing puzzle assembling to story writing (especially apt for someone who has been known to arrange and rearrange her printed pages like the slotted tiles in those mixed-up picture toys, no?).<br /><br />But really, Amalia, you had me at "jigsaw puzzles." I have happy memories of winter and summer vacation afternoons bent over a puzzle with my sister. There was a landing on the stairs where we would set up a card table, and the puzzle would remain spread out until it had been completed and admired. You could work the puzzle while watching the family half a flight below, in the living room, part of the action while still in your own world. And on the way up or down the stairs, you could always pause and consider and maybe add another piece.<br /><br />I can't remember the last time I did a jigsaw puzzle (I'm onto crosswords, now). But I have been missing them for years. I once said I wanted to put a table in the el of the living room and make it our "puzzle parlor." My family still teases me for that. But damn it, I still do.Ruth Horowitzhttp://ruthhorowitz.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com