Puzzled - The American Scholar

Puzzled - The American Scholar

I solve my jigsaw puzzles in my dining room, on a little platform that rests atop four thin drawers designed for sorting and storing. I start by pouring the puzzle pieces onto the platform, turning them face up, and arranging them into categories helpful to the eventual solving. One drawer is reserved for straight-edged pieces, and the other three get pieces of similar themes or colors, pieces that seem as though they will eventually make up som…