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Puzzling the Future

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W e have just returned from a 2-week family vacation.  It was a glorious time filled with beautiful beach, waves, pool time, food, arguments, apologies, and ice cream happy hour...you know, FAMILY. And family in quarantine is certainly a different dynamic!   One of our vacation traditions is the challenge of a 1000-piece puzzle.  It's always fun and entertaining during those rain showers.  Our puzzle each year is a bit different because the picture on the box of the puzzle is NOT the puzzle you are constructing.  The picture on the puzzle box is a precursor to your puzzle.  In other words, you must use your imagination to construct the new scene. I think these are so much fun but not everyone in my family shared my opinion. (The puzzle is a WASGIJ for those of you interested).  "Oh my gosh, Mom, next time buy a puzzle that we can SEE what it's supposed to look like" "I wish we had a picture to go by, we'll never finish this!" "If ...