Big Scout & Chief Instigator: Jean Synodinos

About the Big Scout Project
The Big Scout Project is a D.I.Y. adventure in lifelong learning. By working her way through the badges in the Jr. Girl Scout handbook, our middle-aged "big scout," Jean Synodinos, hopes to live a wider life, or at least be consistently surprised in small ways. What could possibly go wrong?RSS, Baby!
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Tag Archives: games
Puzzlers for Traveling Word Nerds
I’m on the road a good deal this summer for work, and finding the time to work on this project is particularly challenging when my schedule includes a lot of travel. Like many people, I’ve got a love/hate relationship with … Continue reading
Let’s Go Fly a Kite!
I remember flying a kite a few times as a girl. There was a great field and dirt mounds a few blocks from my house, and I spent more than a few afternoons there after school, flying kites, looking for … Continue reading
Posted in Arts & Crafts, Sports & Recreation
Tagged Austin, Ben Franklin, games, Kite, recreation, Zilker Park
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Uncracking the Code
And we have a winner! Stacy Lieder, “charter follower” of the BSP, cracked the code posted on Wednesday as part of the work for the “Creative Solutions” badge. Stacy gets a box of cookies! The decoded text–always worth reading–is Lincoln’s … Continue reading
Code Cracking for Cookies
I suppose I like a cryptogram as much as the next person, which is to say I’ll do one if there are hours to kill at an airport, the newsstands are all mysteriously shut down, and my iPhone‘s battery is … Continue reading
All You Need Are Answers!
As promised, here’s the answer key to the crossword puzzle posted earlier this week. And as a reminder, this fulfilled a task for the “Puzzler” badge. ALL YOU NEED IS L-O-V-E




