Saturday, July 25, 2026

Librariandoa's Saturday Puzzles An Answer Key for the 7 18 26 Cryptogram

 I hope you got the puzzle!  Here's the answer key and below it I have the typed answer since the key is so light.  Click to enlarge!

 


 

Oh, the moonlight’s fair tonight along the Wabash, from the fields there comes the breath of new mown hay; through the sycamores the candle lights are gleaming, on the banks of the Wabash, far away.

 

On the Banks of the Wabash  byTheodore Dreiser

 

Friday, July 24, 2026

Five Things Friday 7/24/26

 As usual the heat and drought are the thrill of the week. Here are a few distractions.













Sunday, July 19, 2026

DOA On TV: Little House On The Prairie 2026 (Netflix), Ride or Die (Prime)

 


Little House On The Prairie  Netflix


 

I completed the eight episode first season of the new series.  I really enjoyed it, and look forward to season two.  When I read or watch compelling historical fiction, it makes me want to read more about the time the book or film is set in.

While I haven't read the first book yet (I've a large pile of books in waiting), watching the show made me want to read all of the books.  I didn't realize the family moved around so much.  They only stay in their home near Independence for a little over a year despite all the hardships they had trying to get established.  For next season they're off to Walnut Grove Minnesota, where the original TV series was set, though according to my research they went back home to Wisconsin first.  

I was taken by the characters in the show, all fascinating people trying to make the best of a truly impossible situation.  Flawed, every one of them, but admirable as well.

I found a good list on Reddit where someone asked for books for adults like Little House on the Prairie.  It's full of great sounding titles.

https://www.reddit.com/r/BooksThatFeelLikeThis/comments/1suh100/little_house_on_the_prairie_for_adults/ 

 

Ride or Die (Prime)


 

Best friends Debbie and Judith look for antiques together, host book club, and spend as much time together as their lives allow.  Twenty years of friendship are broken when a series of events change their lives.

Debbie, married to a British MP she's grooming for Prime Minister, has long ago stopped using her law degree.  She is happy with her life, so she takes the brunt of the shocks incoming.  Her husband wants a divorce.  He owes 24 million pounds to the Albanian mob.  Her friend Judith has been an international assassin for all the years they've known each other.

Judith swings in to save her friend from the mob despite orders from her boss.  Judith and Debbie are off across Europe barely surviving the long line of those now chasing them both.  Interpol is on their trail now too, as suspects in several murders that occurred along the way.  To complicate matters, a former colleague of Judith's appears to be back from the dead bent on revenge against her.

It's adventure, comedy, and a wild ride through eight episodes. Great cast with many side characters you come to like.

 

Saturday, July 18, 2026

Librariandoa's Saturday Puzzles A Cryptogram

 Sadly my favorite old cryptogram generator is no long available.  I'm using the Discovery Education generator, which has an answer key, but the text is very light. And tiny!  Best of luck!  Click to enlarge!

 

Mr. DOA let me know that even enlarged the crypto puzzle is blurry.   I've carefully transcribed the puzzle line by line to help you see the ciphered words better. Sorry!

 

Line One     K Z     QZG   SKKACPJZQ   X   NWPY

 

Line Two   QKAPJZQ   WCKAJ   QZG   MWLWXZ   NYKS

 

Line 3   QZG   NPGCOX   QZGYG   IKSGX   QZG

 

Line 4   LYGWQZ   KN   AGM   SKMA

 

Line 5   QZYKVJZ   QZG   XBIWSKYGX   QZG

 

Line 6   IWAOCG   CPJZQX   WYG   JCGWSPAJ   KA

 

Line 7   QZG   LWATX   KN   QZG   MWLWXZ   NWY

 

Line 8   WMWB

 

 


 

 

 

Librariandoa's Saturday Puzzles An Answer Key for A Terribly Nasty Business

 Lovely words and phrases, right?  Don't forget to read A Most Agreeable Murder, then A Terribly Nasty Business by Julia Seales.