Monthly Archives: May 2014

Image:  www.independent.com Maya Angelou (1928-2014) The poet and author Maya Angelou died this morning.  We honor her memory with a two-diagram puzzle where the answer is something she had once said in anticipation of her death. Diagram 1: Diagram 2:

Image: nypost.com  Bob Dylan receives the Medal of Freedom Bob Dylan was born 73 years ago tomorrow, May 24, in Hibbing, Minnesota.  The answer to the following puzzle is a line from a Dylan song.  

Photograph: Lisa Larsen/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Image William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)  The beautiful weather in Vermont for the past few days reminded us of a line from the American physician-poet William Carlos Williams.

Image:  abcnews.go.com Twenty years ago today the late Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first black president of South Africa.  The following puzzle features something he said about the cause in which he struggled for so many years, including his years of imprisonment. … Continue reading →

Image:  famousphilosophers.org John Locke (1632-1704) As our May Puzzle of the Month, we offer a quotation from the English philosopher John Locke that is appropriate to May Day.  Happy May Day!