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Tuesday
Jan052021

Mixed Messages: Jan. - Feb. 2021 word scramble puzzle

Unscramble the words below to reveal a quote about dietary decisions froma celebrated
19th-century American write and humorist. 

het loyn awy ot epke royu tahhel si ot eta hatw ouy otnd’ antw,
kidrn twha uyo tndo’ iekl, nad od ahtw uoyd’ tarrhe otn.
 

~ rmka iwatn

 

Solution:


"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want,

drink what you don't like and do what you'r rather not."

 

 ~Mark Twain

 

 
Wednesday
Oct282020

Mixed Messages: Nov.-Dec. 2020 word scramble puzzle 

Unscramble the words below to reveal a Thanksgiving-appropriate philosophy for living from
a country music artist and actor.  

 

ot eseccdu ni feli, uyo edne teher shgint: a bionshew, a nobbeck nad a nufny ebno.”

 

~ bera tenmirce

 

Solution:

 

"To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone."

~ Reba McEntire

Friday
Sep042020

Mixed Messages: Sept. - Oct. 2020 word scramble puzzle

Unscramble a quote about produce from a celebrated actor who was the voice of Darth Vader in "Star Wars" movies. 

ni het minteewrti in eht onsw otyucnr, cuistr futir aws os rrea, dan fi oyu ogt eno, ti aws etbrte htna mbaarosi.

 ~ samje elar osnje

 Solution:

 

"In the wintertime, in the snow country, citrus fruit was so rare, and if you go one, it was better than ambrosia."

~ James Earl Jones

 

Friday
Jul102020

Mixed Messages: July - Aug. 2020 word scramble puzzle 

Unscramble the words below from a motivational author and life coach.

 

ielf si kiel a cnwhdais! thibr sa eno cslie, nad atedh sa het oreht. awth oyu tpu ni enbewet eht iscels si pu ot uyo.

~ lanla furus

Solution:

 

Life is like a sandwich! Birth as one slice, and death as the other. What you put in between the slices is up to you. 

~ Allan Rufus

Tuesday
May192020

Mixed Messages: May - June 2020 word scramble puzzle 

Unscramble a quote from a neurologist who wrote about the therapeutic value of music and the outdoors.

 

Ni yamn sscea, aergsdn nda uanret rae oemr erwfulop atnh yan endimatioc.

~ rlovie ckass

Solution:

 

In many cases, gardens and nature are more powerful than any medication.

~ Oliver Sacks