Quality diversions while waiting for spring

March is a month of waiting. Winter is still lurking outside, but the warmer months and the return to the patio are almost here.

While you’re waiting for the weather and climate to co-operate, there is the dilemma of finding something to pass the time. Luckily, the internet contains plenty of quality websites to while away some leisure time.   

The nice thing about interesting or entertaining websites is that, unlike an app for a particular brand of mobile device, a website is accessible not only on any computer, but on the internet browser of a phone or tablet, such as Safari on an iPad or the Google Chrome browser on an Android.

Games are a fun way of idling away some time, and it’s even better if they also stimulate some cognitive skills. I spend plenty of spare time playing mentally challenging word games that aren’t complicated or time-consuming, such as Wordle and the crossword game Waffle (https://wafflegame.net/daily), which also has a couple of other word games called Stackdown and OneWordSearch. 

However, the success of word games has spawned numerous online imitations and variations and........

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