March 2026 SOLC–Day 15
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I am a creature of habit and routine. I wake up, feed the cats, start my coffee and drink my orange juice while it brews. Soon, I’m sitting at my desk and writing. Every morning.
Eventually I yield to temptation and begin one of my favorite daily routines: playing NYT puzzle games. I always play Wordle first (I’m on a 214 day streak which adds a bit of stress to the fun!) and then share the results with two of my sisters. After that I’m onto Connections and then Spelling Bee, and now Crossplay, too. Wordle is my hands down favorite though.
Although I am a creature of habit and routine, I begin with a different word each day. I choose any word that catches my fancy. Maybe it matches the mood. Maybe it matches the weather. Often it just pops into my head. I do try to choose a word that has two vowels and no repeated consonants. I love how the letters and letter combinations lead you to a solution. Yesterday, I started with the word “waist”, for no particular reason. Here were my guesses:
Wordle guesses: waist, dream, alone, ankle
If you read my blog regularly, you know that after playing Wordle, I love to take all my gathered Wordle guesses and create a poem from them. I’ve shared many, many, many of these before.
Here’s my untitled, kind of weird poem from today’s guesses:
The last of the sand
trickles through the waist
of the hourglass
My dream shifts toward waking
and I’m alone on the beach
the waves licking
at my ankles
If you’re a Wordle fan, I encourage you to give this a try. It’s a lot of fun!
Nix the comfort zone 
Well, that’s something to try. You’re way more adventurous with your wordle play. I’m on a more modest streak (74 days), and I play the same first word (stare), ever since my first first word (least) came up as my first bullseye. Now, though, I may have to try the poem idea. Today I have 5 words to use. I was nervous that the Ides of March would end my streak.
Also, Happy Birthday to Maine today. I don’t know if you read Heather Cox Richardson. She’s part of my morning routine. She had a nice Mainer entry today. https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/march-14-2026?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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I do get HCR’s e-mails but often don’t manage to read them. She’s an amazing person. This was a great read and I probably would have missed it, so thanks for sharing the link. I’d love to know if you try Wordle poems–maybe a slice later this month? (To be honest, I was scrambling a bit this morning!)
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