Smooth & Scaly

This is my latest puzzle publication. It’s in this month’s issue of Highlights Magazine (May 2010), page 24. Usually when a person submits something to a magazine, its final format is dramatically different than what was originally sent due to the addition of illustrations, etc. This puzzle, surprisingly, is EXACTLY like how I submitted it down [...]

What Is This?

I wrote a series of these types of puzzles last year and a number of them were accepted for publication. Here’s the first one to make it to the press. It’s found here at the following link:  What Is This? The Friend Magazine. April 2010. page 17

John Taylor: The Love of a Father.

Yay! My first full-length story in the Friend. This story is found in the March 2010 issue of the magazine, pages 20-22. Click on the picture for the link to the story. And, then read my own personal recollections about writing the story by clicking here: The Love of a Father. Of, if you’d rather [...]

Small Plates of Nephi

This is my latest puzzle published in the Friend magazine. It’s one of my smaller puzzles, so it was included on a page with the puzzles of two other authors. Mine is found at the top right hand corner of the page. It was originally published in the Friend, February 2010, page 29.

A Chilly Morning in Queens

On my first trip to New York, I didn’t stay in Manhattan like most tourists do. Instead, I stayed across the East River in Jackson Heights with friends. From the moment I arrived in Queens, the borough’s name sounded strangely familiar to me. But why? Had I learned about it in school or studied it [...]

Where was the Wheel?

Spinning on a Ferris Wheel is loads of fun. Solve the puzzle to find out an interesting fact about this fab carnival ride. Click on the picture for a larger version. This puzzle was published in Highlights for Children, October 2009, page 30.

Church History Tour

Take a virtual tour of Church History sites by completing this puzzle. Click on the picture for a printable version. “Church History Tour” was published in the Friend magazine in December 2009 on page 48.

Who Am I?

Find out the name of a special leader by solving this puzzle. A readable version of the puzzle can be obtained by clicking on the picture. This puzzle was published in the Friend, April 2008, page 23.

Do you know the Smith Family?

How are you at solving word searches? Try your hand at this puzzle and learn a little about the Smith family in the process. Click on the picture for a readable version of the puzzle. (Published in the Friend, June 2007, page 26)

Word of Wisdom Promise

Blessings come from living the Word of Wisdom. To find out one promised blessing, solve the puzzle. Click on the picture for a larger version. (Unless, of course, you have super-human eyesight and can read the script on this tiny picture!) This puzzle was published in November 2006 in the Friend on page 7.

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