The Unicorn Puzzle, part one, Minny Had a Unicorn

I poke the tiny puzzle piece into place.  My best friend, Marabeth, gave me the puzzle for my tenth birthday.  It is a special puzzle.  It has a big center piece of a unicorn, and little puzzle pieces that fit around the unicorn that make up the scenery.  I have just finished putting together the scenery.  I glance around my bedroom.  Where is that unicorn piece?  “Oh unicorn,” I call softly, “come out of mythology!”  […] Read more »

Duces, Trays, and Three-eyed Jays Code

There was once a girl who decided to write a secret code.  So a secret code she did write.  Of course, it is not so secret now, for I am writing of it.  The code was so hard, no one could figure it out.  And it was all based on six regular symbols and four symbols that you may be familiar with,   ♦ ♥ ♣ ♠   and one you may not be familiar […] Read more »