The sun rises, the newspaper, double-bagged lies beyond our front wall, and inside is ---- the crossword puzzle! Oh, sure, the world is aflame with misery on the political, economic, social, environmental levels, but what settles my soul for the day is to do the puzzle.
Why is it delightful to poise above those small squares, pondering the correct letter, the correct definition, the correct nuance of the clues. Some squares I fill in boldly with assurance, almost contempt! Others I niggle. Could it be this? That? This morning there was a clue "Mercedes-Benz category" and I had "ac----". My mind started down the path of accura or something similar and I couldn't divert it! But I shaved nearby letters, and honed the edges and all of a sudden "aclass" popped into being. Voila!
And there it was - a small, satisfying, early victory of mental tumbling! And perhaps ridiculously, I felt ready to begin the day that would hold lots of research, questions, answers, conversation because I had carved out Mercedes Benz into aclass!
But maybe not so ridiculous after all.
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