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====== Passerina ====== ===== Recruitment ===== There used to be an organization called the North Jersey Puzzlers' League, of which I was a member. We actually had annual tournaments at the Riverside Square Mall, organized by [[Famulus]] and the other usual suspects -- [[Willz]], [[double-h|Henry Hook]]. Perennial top finishers were [[En]], [[Qaqaq]], [[Sanit]] et al. This was also around the time of the wonderful US Open tournaments sponsored by Games at NYU Law School. North Jersey Puzzlers' League members also met sporadically in members' homes. [[jotheloi|Jo the Loiterer]] lived in a neighboring town then, and I remember going to his house and his coming here. [[Atlantic]] also lived around here (I always wondered why he didn't change his nom to "Pacific" when he moved west; ah well...) and came to a meeting at my house in late '86, I think. We always entertained each other with home-grown puzzles of varying degrees of difficulty, and that time I had done a legal sized page of rebus puzzles (the old-fashioned kind) of 50's and 60's songs and movies. [[Atlantic]] looked at it and said it was reminiscent of puzzles published by this other organization he belonged to. And, as they say, the rest is history. To make a long story short, I was recruited by [[Atlantic]]. I was VERY active the first couple of years, with many flats published and many sol lists turned in - never anything approaching a complete, though. [[FaRo]] was (were?) editor, and they live nearby, so I visited them once just to put faces with noms. [[FaRo|Ro]] especially was extremely helpful with helping a newcomer along. ===== Recruits ===== [[Indigo]]. ===== Nom ===== Passerina is a genus of finches, including the buntings, and I'm Barbara Bunting, so there you have it. ==== Combinoms ==== No data. ===== Offices ===== No data.