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- What's your favorite puzzle and why?
- The Quest. Absolutely unique in the annals of Stave. I was totally
immersed for 3 months.
- Which Puzzles Do You Own?
- Pharoahs Curse; Knight at Stavely Castle; Take a Bough; Hole in One
are amongst the 20 or so that I own
- Meet other Puzzle Nuts near you by telling us what town and state you're in.
- Lakeview, N.Y.
- Which puzzles are on your wish list?
- Treasure Island; Time Traveler and The Stave Train
- When and where do you puzzle?
- On the dining room table with my cat Stevie. I put them together
while he takes them apart.
- What got you into Stave Puzzles?
- An epic profile in a 1997 issue of Cigar Afficianado
- Tips for solving Stave Puzzles: Want to share?
- Crack open a bottle of Maccallan 18 year old single malt scotch
- About me: Interests, fave books and music etc
- Restoring pinball machines.
Musically theres nobody like Richard Thompson
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Wow, The Govenors Procession by Roderick Mackenzie is a Traditional puzzle before my time and I've been with Stave for almost 15 years now. You are so right about learning about art through our mailings, I can definitely see that considering how much art we license here. And I really love choosing all those wonderful images!!!
Have a great weekend Ted,
Susan
Sorry to bother you, but what puzzle took 7 years? I see you have 3 little pigs. I wanted to order it for my wife because she believes she would get it on the first try. But the stave artist has since died. So jennifer has been looking for the line art for me and she is trying to see what she can do for me. How did you like it?
I ordered two puzzles from Syd, the monk himself, in the first half of this year and was impressed with the difficulty level of his work. The pieces are miniscule by Stave standards. The quality of the artwork/prints was ok, not up to Stave standards. He only does a few puzzles a year and sells them on ebay. You have to create a search agent on ebay to be notified of when he posts new puzzles. I had Syd do a custom piece for me. I enjoyed working with him, but I much prefer doing custom work with Stave. You might want to try one of Syd's puzzles because of the tiny pieces. I share it with another loyal Stave Puzzle Nut and she also found it difficult. I occassionally take excursions out of Staveland to check out other puzzle makers. And the experience never fails to reinforce the mastery, the literacy of the Stave experience.
Of COURSE I remember you. Geez, Ted, I think 7 years on one puzzle qualifies as tedium to most normal sane people. But, we recognize that Stave has always attracted eccentrics like you and that's what makes it so much FUN!
Glad you're still puzzling,
Carol
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