Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel - 12/7/15

A puzzle from Connecticut with best wishes for all those who started celebrating Hanukkah last night:

Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel

Tomorrow we'll ...

The Mark of Athena - 12/6/15

Today's New York puzzle references some of the well-known work of  Rick Riordan.  Although aimed more at the middle-school set, I have enjoyed his "Percy Jackson" books that I have read.  I think I first picked them up after earlier reading some of his mystery series geared toward adults.  The way the author's popularity exploded upon changing genres was really neat.  Anything that gets kids excited about reading and learning a little history and mythology is pretty cool, and that includes the book:

The Mark of Athena

Tomorrow we'll ...

Telephony - 12/5/15

Today's Australian puzzle is another one that was passed along to me recently:

Telphony cache #2 

Tomorrow we'll ...

Three Wise Men - 12/4/15

Today's Colorado puzzle features a trio of fellows who were expert at navigation long before GPS:

Three Wise Men

Tomorrow we'll ...

Drag out the Dickens - 12/3/15

Today's puzzle is one from the United Kingdom.  I enjoy Christmas music of all types, and one set of lyrics that I have partly memorized is from Tom Lehrer's satirical "Christmas Carol."  His clever rhymes always have me grinning.  So today I hope you'll allow me (even if the prospect sickens) to drag out the Dickens:

What the Dickens!

Tomorrow we'll ...

Columnar Sons - 12/2/15

Today's Australian puzzle landed in my in-box recently.  Apparently the cache container carries on the theme of the puzzle, which is always fun.  Going that extra mile with themed locations for the hides is a really nice touch.  Have some fun with:

Columnar Sons

Tomorrow we'll be in ..

The Significance of December 1st - 12/1/15

When I was growing up, the first of December was always a special day.  Not only would we pull out the advent calendars and start the Christmas count-down, but my mom would lug the giant old "portable" record player up the stairs and at bedtime she'd set a stack of 6 Christmas LP's to play us to sleep.  The next night we would listen to the flip-sides.  Little did I know that many years later, the first of December would become special for a very different reason (Happy Birthday, "A"!).  Today although I have a large collection of holiday CD's and I enjoy all the seasonal satellite radio channels, it still seems strange to start listening to that music before December 1.  For your puzzling pleasure today, I take you to Massachusetts for:

MERRY CHRISTMAS, CAROL

Tomorrow we'll be in Australia.