THE FUSE

On a recent trip to my dentist’s office for a dental cleaning appointment, I was pleasantly surprised to see a puzzle on the coffee table in the center of the waiting room. The puzzle was being worked on by a patient waiting for her appointment. There was already progress on this 500-piece Halloween-themed puzzle; the borders had been completed. When I came back to the office for a follow-up appointment a week later, there was even more progress. And this time, two waiting patients, sitting across from each other, were actively engaged with the puzzle.