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 Hiya scribes! I am back as a guest editor this month! It 's a new year and time for some fun. Maybe expand your horizons, or research and create a way to share it! 
"The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution." Stephen Sondheim
"I do the "New York Times" crossword puzzle every morning to keep the old gray matter ticking." Carol Burnett
"Confucius does his crossword with a pen." Tori Amos
"Just as a dog likes to chew bones, the mind loves to get its teeth into problems, That's why it does crossword puzzles and builds atom bombs." Ekhart Tolle
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 We know there are lots of contests that shine forth on the newsfeeds and community page of WDC! Don't you love to enter your priceless expressions, that have taken heart and soul to get ready?  I do. Then I like to relax! LOL
So are you ready to look a few activities that can help with that, or that may expand your horizons?
 How about some old fashion letter writing?
 Check out the Snail Mail group: yep they even have guidelines as to how to write letters and connect with members all around the world the old fashion way! Imagine getting a card or letter with a cool postmark, right in your hand.
 Create a crossword puzzle!
Get your brain ticking as Carol Burnett says! 
 Did you know that the title for who created the crossword puzzle is disputed?
The first little puzzles appeared in the early 19th century and the first "word cross" puzzle of our modern time was published on Dec 21 1913 in the New York World paper. It was created by Arthur Wynne from Liverpool, England. He worked in the US from age 19 and when working for this paper, the editor asked him to create a game for the entertainment page. His first one was diamond shaped and he added different variations including the horizontal and vertical lines and adding the black and white squares as time went on. Now called a crossword, the word first appeared in the Oxford dictionary in February 1933.
 So why not join history and share some research in a puzzle! Or challenge yourself by solving one.
Check under Browse by Type.
There are some really cool ones about countries of the world! 
Here is a quick link to create one: "Create/Edit a Crossword Puzzle"
 Once you create it, you go to Manage your Crossword to put words and clues in: "Manage a Crossword Puzzle"
 What about a Word Search Puzzle?
Also known as Word Find,and Wonderword, it was designed and published by Norman E. Gibat in the Selenby Digest in 1968, although the Spanish puzzler, Pedro Ocon De Oro created Sopas des lettras a little earlier. In Norman Oklahoma, where they began, books were sold at Safeway and became popular with schools as well. They are pretty easy to make and relaxing to play here at WDC.
You can find all kinds under Browse by Type: Word Searches Or make one yourself under Create new Item!
Here are the details: "Create/Edit a Word Search"
You can also discover more about how complex they can be in the links below. How this simple idea has inspired so many cool word games shows its popularity even today online.
 Ask a question in a POLL!
Even easier and fun is creating a poll. A great way to find some stats on a topic for research or just for fun interest and even find like minds! Click on Polls in the Browse by Type Tab.
"Create/Edit a User Poll"
 Or for some hilarity, there are exciting Madlibs too, which I shared in "Contests & Activities Newsletter (July 25, 2018)" 
 Lots of fun to be had for down times. So scroll down and play with the examples I chose and be inspired to create something. Make sure to add it to the response to the newsletter, or email me and I will post in my next newsletter! I love to play!
Thanks for checking in! 
eyestar  
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossword
https://www.crosswordtournament.com/more/wynne.html
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