The Second Morning After Christmas

<h4 style="text-align: center;">"the second morning after Christmas" [BLUE] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMFtzw_vauLqGI8i0SrRwFREYxyE65Xzmhy3UpfMc83q9GBaYo3Uu9riMCNGwfqH4g6RsS5Q73kB-7FoGXwXd7Fn9DcSm8i1-XMrvQH8DWBj-PdmKcMLi5ID3u5ZJ-aJ90QMZSc1HSIoy0/s1600/blue-03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMFtzw_vauLqGI8i0SrRwFREYxyE65Xzmhy3UpfMc83q9GBaYo3Uu9riMCNGwfqH4g6RsS5Q73kB-7FoGXwXd7Fn9DcSm8i1-XMrvQH8DWBj-PdmKcMLi5ID3u5ZJ-aJ90QMZSc1HSIoy0/s400/blue-03.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Today traditionally marks the date on which "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" took place. The seventh in the series of stories that make up <i>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i>, "The Blue Carbuncle" is the sole Christmas story in the Sherlock Holmes canon.<br /><br />Watson sets the stage for us by opening the tale with this paragraph:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"I had called upon my friend Sherlock Holmes upon the second morning after Christmas, with the intention of wishing him the compliments of the season. He was lounging upon the sofa in a purple dressing-gown, a pipe-rack within his reach upon the right, and a pile of crumpled morning papers, evidently newly studied, near at hand. Beside the couch was a wooden chair, and on the angle of the back hung a very seedy and disreputable hard felt hat, much the worse for wear, and cracked in several places. A lens and a forceps lying upon the seat of the chair suggested that the hat had been suspended in this manner for the purpose of examination."</blockquote>Until 2022, it had become something of an annual tradition at <i>I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</i> to acknowledge December 27th with a favorite reading (after which it fell by the wayside for s bit). Just as the <i>Wall Street Journal</i> annually reproduces a 1949 editorial written by Vermont Royster called "<a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj-3My0j_zJAhUIPCYKHePhBrMQFgghMAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2FSB10001424052970204464404577112431986005786&usg=AFQjCNFBOMTBdMiqlxf9tGYz0Jb-tieRKw&sig2=qjutMkGmsi34eHf1n39PhQ" target="_blank"><i>In Hoc Anno Domini</i></a>," we saw no reason to avoid replication here.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6321981775136876837" name="more"></a>If this is new to you, please feel free to share and use this at your own Sherlockian society holiday meetings. The only thing we ask is that you attribute the poem to its rightful author. If you'd like to listen to it, we also produced a special episode of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere in December 2007 in which we read the verse:<br /><br /><center><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1185689230&color=%23ce1a21&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></center><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap-mode: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere">I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock/compliments-of-the-season" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="Compliments of the Season">Compliments of the Season</a></div><div><br /></div>So, we bring you "Two Days After Christmas," a tribute to "The Blue Carbuncle" in the style of Clement Moore's "<a href="http://iment.com/maida//familytree/henry/xmas/poemvariants/troysentinel1823.htm">A Visit from St. Nick</a>."<br /><br />This year marks the 30th anniversary of this holiday classic.<br /><div style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px;"><a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/24531783/Two-Days-After-Christmas#from_embed" title="View Two Days After Christmas on Scribd"><b>Two Days After Christmas</b></a> </div><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="null" data-auto-height="true" frameborder="0" height="600" scrolling="no" src="https://www.scribd.com/embeds/24531783/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true&access_key=key-8qfi6uwtitozfa777tp" title="Two Days After Christmas" width="100%"></iframe><br /><br /><br />Looking back over both of our Sherlockian podcasts (<i>I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</i> and <i>Trifles</i>), we pulled together four more holiday-themed episodes for a full playlist: a discussion of "The Blue Carbuncle" and Christopher Morley's lovely essay "A Christmas Story Without Slush"; an interview with Peter Blau concerning his Sherlockian Christmas tree, bedecked with Sherlockian ornaments; a discussion of peace in the Sherlock Holmes stories (when we can find it); and an investigation of what went wrong in the botched jewel heist; the path across London traversed by the blue carbuncle.<div><br /></div><div>The playlist is <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock/sets/compliments-of-the-season?si=85662034fb8747848decdce97ba4bd93&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing" target="_blank">available on SoundCloud</a> and is embedded below for your convenience:<br /><div><br /><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="450" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/1370063371&color=%23ce1a21&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap-mode: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere">I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock/sets/compliments-of-the-season" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="Compliments of the Season">Compliments of the Season</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Enjoy. And this holiday season, may all of your carbuncles be blue.<br /><br /><div></div><br /><div style="font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0px;">--</div><div style="font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div>

The Second Morning After Christmas

"the second morning after Christmas" [BLUE]  Today traditionally marks the date on which "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle...

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by Scott Monty

A New Holmesian Christmas Carol

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> “her wits turned at the singing” [HOUN]  </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZw6f7s3jiwRwyPV6VffZyDYf8nZU56Dmf4AWnSogh98BrHfgn0IHEFpwn2z7AmUFU1kBn3jQTbsQ4_I2Ea64Gbitbfzurg8mhaOxLaGqJxi1PGEACzJB4unA3laU6_LVSbzxWovk7cGMq1xAYfrw4BQuU4Ds1-I9vzlkHCZuSQ_CV-qiOVZQhPdSxzLju/s1280/VS--YouTube-HaveYourselfaMaryMorstanChristmas-0%E2%80%9905%E2%80%9D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZw6f7s3jiwRwyPV6VffZyDYf8nZU56Dmf4AWnSogh98BrHfgn0IHEFpwn2z7AmUFU1kBn3jQTbsQ4_I2Ea64Gbitbfzurg8mhaOxLaGqJxi1PGEACzJB4unA3laU6_LVSbzxWovk7cGMq1xAYfrw4BQuU4Ds1-I9vzlkHCZuSQ_CV-qiOVZQhPdSxzLju/w640-h360/VS--YouTube-HaveYourselfaMaryMorstanChristmas-0%E2%80%9905%E2%80%9D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>We know that Watson cared enough about Sherlock Holmes to call upon him "the second morning after Christmas, with the intention of wishing him the compliments of the season." [BLUE]</p><p>While there is no mention of Christmas caroling in "The Blue Carbuncle," a close reading of <i>A Study in Scarlet</i> finds some surprising singing happening in a rather unusual location:</p><blockquote><p>"Leaning back in the cab, this amateur bloodhound carolled away like a lark while I meditated upon the many-sidedness of the human mind."</p></blockquote><p>We also know that Watson cared enough about Mary Morstan to make her his wife following the events in <i>The Sign of Four</i>.</p><p>So it would stand to reason that there ought to be some caroling in honor of Mrs. Watson. That's the thought of <b>Paul Thomas Miller</b>, who has written and performed a new holiday standard, "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d27v-HT5Bq0" target="_blank">Have Yourself a Mary Morstan Christmas</a>" — a loving homage to the original "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="438" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/d27v-HT5Bq0" width="527" youtube-src-id="d27v-HT5Bq0"></iframe></div><br /><p>As Paul describes it: "Believe it or not, this is how it sounds <b><i>with</i></b> auto-tune. Imagine how flat I was before I tried to fix it."</p><p>While the video is captioned, here are the lyrics for those not brave enough to listen:</p><p>Have yourself a Mary Morstan Christmas.<br />Sleep alone at night.<br />From now on, your husband will be out of sight.<br />Have yourself a Mary Morstan Christmas.<br />Wonder if he's gay.<br />From now on, your husband will be miles away.</p><p>Here we are as in olden days.<br />Lonely single days are of yore.<br />Faithful friends of those dear to us.<br />Steal the cheer from us once more.</p><p>Through the years we'll sometimes be together<br />When Sherlock allows<br />And a lonely star upon the highest bough<br />And have yourself a Mary Morstan Christmas now.</p><p>Here we are as in olden days.<br />Lonely single days of yore.<br />Faithful friends of those dear to us.<br />Steal the cheer from us once more.</p><p>Through the years we'll sometimes be together<br />When Sherlock allows.<br />Hang a lonely star upon the highest bough.<br />And have yourself a Mary Morstan Christmas now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Compliments of the season, we suppose.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Related</h3><p>You can listen to Paul Thomas Miller regale us with all sorts of wonderful humorous insights on <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2019/07/episode-172-watson-does-not-lie-doyles.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 172: Watson Does Not Lie / Doyle's Rotary Coffin</a>:</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="6365" data-dashlane-rid="89d9e5ebe038ee03" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/10519109/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></p><p><br /></p>

A New Holmesian Christmas Carol

 “her wits turned at the singing” [HOUN]   We know that Watson cared enough about Sherlock Holmes to call upon him "the second morning ...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – Increased Devotion

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“an honored friend” [SIGN] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGEfsL3ZUtLQvPvjuq6slT82WjVAoVDuDd6es7NyZBMdRb6-TI3dgdP3GCgcLzQ_Vidodc8viScaYGWvmm76v1WE8x8fJHkAzYx9X1r2kNmRp3hbibsTYpcJMfY0tO5S33e7ZzxTWFirc-u0sY_o_RW0Sj7mN8uCPtXngvmC9fAoFFFmOpIt9hlDxUofvP/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20203.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGEfsL3ZUtLQvPvjuq6slT82WjVAoVDuDd6es7NyZBMdRb6-TI3dgdP3GCgcLzQ_Vidodc8viScaYGWvmm76v1WE8x8fJHkAzYx9X1r2kNmRp3hbibsTYpcJMfY0tO5S33e7ZzxTWFirc-u0sY_o_RW0Sj7mN8uCPtXngvmC9fAoFFFmOpIt9hlDxUofvP/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20203.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Memorial Day just passed here in the United States. It's the day we honor those who have fallen in the line of duty to their country.<div><br /></div><div>The British of Sherlock Holmes's time were no strangers to war; in fact, John H. Watson, MD was a military man who undoubtedly saw his fair share of death when he was overseas.</div><div><br /></div><div>And the Canon mentions its share of wars — the Crimean War (GLOR, LADY), the Second Afghan War (SIGN), the U.S. Civil War (FIVE, CARD), the great war of Napoleon (SIXN), the Franco-Prussian War (NOBL), potential war in Europe if a document wasn't recovered (SECO), the Civil War involving Charles I (VALL), the Boer War (BLAN), and of course what would eventually become known as World War I (LAST).</div><div><br /></div><div>And then of course, there is the unfortunate Colonel James Barclay, who died not in the line of duty, but nevertheless died as a military man, felled by a just providence decades after he sent his romantic rival, Corporal Henry Wood, into harm's way in "The Crooked Man." Barclay must have assumed that Wood perished in the arranged ambush, but we all know the rest of that story...<br /><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In just about every country in the world, we can count the honored dead who gave the ultimate sacrifice. Let us be mindful of the wise and timeless words of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg: </div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion – that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.”</div></blockquote></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6YuSGIyqD5Ms-O-6v8dB9L9PNRbdUkxx8HYBEhx8PjCb1y_V6L0mMRXS6ia5nqDDEGvcLXJjnqtMnkF5iY9yOIXAQu5pvvW4oNFAfnmAYZQA_82JGdyJqiPbxp-GuqslqS_XEORAu9aUc2hotL6CGBns0sye90tfqyqQlc-2PZXrIVBsum0FcK54bY41F/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20203.2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6YuSGIyqD5Ms-O-6v8dB9L9PNRbdUkxx8HYBEhx8PjCb1y_V6L0mMRXS6ia5nqDDEGvcLXJjnqtMnkF5iY9yOIXAQu5pvvW4oNFAfnmAYZQA_82JGdyJqiPbxp-GuqslqS_XEORAu9aUc2hotL6CGBns0sye90tfqyqQlc-2PZXrIVBsum0FcK54bY41F/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20203.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ7FUKRDFBKkd2ibRK-deozne6UNzkLjm6U3jfmuENpIUIotgh0y3pTLZCUlj4ZIBj4j1ktuUo7nMySXhIgFLAQFcVn8ubJtdGBW7QMxwljff3cJOJ9jrbczh5r7Mh-SJTdJyMdJNrIMxvXrEJRgOC8NCR1bzZUEim9Kk7CT_9VDzxm4CMS_6l8_TTzBOe/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20203.3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ7FUKRDFBKkd2ibRK-deozne6UNzkLjm6U3jfmuENpIUIotgh0y3pTLZCUlj4ZIBj4j1ktuUo7nMySXhIgFLAQFcVn8ubJtdGBW7QMxwljff3cJOJ9jrbczh5r7Mh-SJTdJyMdJNrIMxvXrEJRgOC8NCR1bzZUEim9Kk7CT_9VDzxm4CMS_6l8_TTzBOe/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20203.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3v_VTKfHAXNsycBuBxAp2nCh0-2XSL5FVJQAUBRXg5aHCjXFtJRnMUWGnjYIaYflEkxWSp-wwkt9Pcit0S-rQE3G2DcipjJHGc5ElmPZ_Qe-bYS1Xkyk4OaRLELc2uu5q00ah6MrM56kjXVOV43SxYsz2ux_ePrGNPjTC4GVcVlnFzz7R0tBEPi9Cosf/s1365/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20203.4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1365" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3v_VTKfHAXNsycBuBxAp2nCh0-2XSL5FVJQAUBRXg5aHCjXFtJRnMUWGnjYIaYflEkxWSp-wwkt9Pcit0S-rQE3G2DcipjJHGc5ElmPZ_Qe-bYS1Xkyk4OaRLELc2uu5q00ah6MrM56kjXVOV43SxYsz2ux_ePrGNPjTC4GVcVlnFzz7R0tBEPi9Cosf/w640-h360/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20203.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><i>Baker Street Elementary</i></b><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"> follows the original adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, as they and their friends work through the issues of elementary school in Victorian London. An archive of all previous episodes can be viewed at the <a href="https://www.dfw-sherlock.org/baker-street-elementary.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baker Street Elementary website</a></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">.</span></div><div><div><br /></div><div><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><span face="" style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s1600/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: medium; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyHxoov2AdCNzI-sA382WHyzmCYKmU5vuVxxUUbwgmzd_zESpxNTWBoDo-0BOUVmZPf0EpIOXFT9y59il288HBvx1-_JJJXxHhZAn2orzWJPWbYZasKlLBplbQMHDaY9thgs_w1diI7ch/s640/Baker+Street+Elementary.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div><br /><br /></div>

Baker Street Elementary – Increased Devotion

“an honored friend” [SIGN]  Memorial Day just passed here in the United States. It's the day we honor those who have fallen in the line ...

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Celebrate World Radio Day with IHOSE

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> <b>“that strange wireless” [LAST]</b></h4><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9nR0VB6TrwNmTN3e35vnSL3-Z-TUejVHJIXbjVLg9eUQ85aSU22oqQKjWiV6zCe5I7IHa4sbRBfBEE8sOxtZ0qA-dZRMwplcDgxkfIor4XT2wzArAM2Aa7eO4gp_Bzh1EcUY3_dqSdsBHixkZc6G7Pp2ijvWm33W8HxJANTAPyxlTYI32TTBKhlZ64AKV/s2796/IHOSE%20100%20header.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1435" data-original-width="2796" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9nR0VB6TrwNmTN3e35vnSL3-Z-TUejVHJIXbjVLg9eUQ85aSU22oqQKjWiV6zCe5I7IHa4sbRBfBEE8sOxtZ0qA-dZRMwplcDgxkfIor4XT2wzArAM2Aa7eO4gp_Bzh1EcUY3_dqSdsBHixkZc6G7Pp2ijvWm33W8HxJANTAPyxlTYI32TTBKhlZ64AKV/w640-h328/IHOSE%20100%20header.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />Radio came into the world concurrently with Sherlock Holmes, so it's natural to connect the two topics, particularly on World Radio Day.</div><div><br /></div><div>According to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>,</div><blockquote><div>"The existence of radio waves was first proven by German physicist Heinrich Hertz on 11 November 1886. In the mid-1890s, building on techniques physicists were using to study electromagnetic waves, Italian physicist Guglielmo Marconi developed the first apparatus for long-distance radio communication, sending a wireless Morse Code message to a recipient over a kilometer away in 1895, and the first transatlantic signal on 12 December 1901."</div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div>In 2011, UNESCO Member States declared World Radio Day to be celebrated on February 13 and the United Nations General Assembly accepted it in 2012. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We first developed the I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere podcast as Sherlockian talk radio in 2007, recognizing that Sherlockians have enjoyed audio content related to the great detective since at least the 1930s. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Meiser#Writing_career" target="_blank">Edith Meiser</a>, who was featured in the <a href="https://bakerstreetirregulars.com/2023/02/07/bsj-2022-christmas-annual/" target="_blank">2022 BSJ Christmas Annual</a>, wrote many scripts for <i>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i> on radio in the 1930s, including the very first episode that starred William Gillette.</div><div><br /></div><div>Meiser would later go on to write <i>The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i> for Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce from 1939 until 1943.</div><div><br /></div><div>In <a href="https://episodes.fm/258126625/episode/OGYwYmEyMjExZWFiMzQ5ZjdiNjM4ZDNmZjU5ODQ4OGM" target="_blank">Episode 122</a>, we discussed the collaboration between Rathbone and Bruce, which included spending time on their radio series:</div><div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="956" data-dashlane-rid="68136fa628a54003" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5450502/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>In <a href="https://episodes.fm/258126625/episode/NWY5ODQxMjdkZmJlNDcwZWE1ZWViYzBmMWM0ODBhZjA" target="_blank">Episode 136</a>, Ian Dickerson told us about the work that Leslie Charteris did on the radio plays, which he featured in his book:</div><div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="985" data-dashlane-rid="a329577c1bd4c390" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6149989/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/513b3c/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The glorious two-parter with writer Bert Coules in <a href="https://episodes.fm/258126625/episode/ODRmNzU1ZjhlZGM5MDNmYzY2ODYyNWVmZDI0YmIyYzg" target="_blank">Episode 68</a> and <a href="https://episodes.fm/258126625/episode/NTQ0N2IwMzY0ZjJjYjJhNGE2MDAxZjkyMGJiN2RhNzI" target="_blank">Episode 69</a> provides a glimpse into the history of British radio plays, ending of course with Bert's own contributions:</div><div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="1015" data-dashlane-rid="3d2030e0b7c5b374" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/3090004/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="1049" data-dashlane-rid="a501ad807815c52e" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/3127050/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>We even spoke with his Sherlock Holmes, Clive Merrison on <a href="https://episodes.fm/258126625/episode/ZDExZTEzNDItZjJjMS00MDQyLWE0YTUtZGFhYmUyYWM4MDFl" target="_blank">Episode 202</a>:</div><div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="1052" data-dashlane-rid="8474572686b7a1b0" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/16412861/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/6c442c/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Actor Nicholas Briggs and writer Jonathan Barnes from Big Finish Productions joined us to go behind the scenes of their series in <a href="https://episodes.fm/258126625/episode/ZGNkOTM2N2MtODRkYy00YTdlLWI1YzktMDRmN2UzYzNlODRm" target="_blank">Episode 247</a>:</div><div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="1106" data-dashlane-rid="3d0af5969f23bec2" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/24222471/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Charles Kindinger, writer of the Audible series <i>Moriarty: The Devil's Game</i> told us his story in <a href="https://episodes.fm/258126625/episode/MWE1MTAzODAtMGI0MC00MTlkLWFlMTItMmFiNjNlM2Y2NWU0" target="_blank">Episode 245</a>:</div><div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="1087" data-dashlane-rid="f26e9362e0f13a9f" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/23909778/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>And the latest audio production taking audiences by storm, Sherlock & Co., features prominently in two episodes: <a href="https://episodes.fm/258126625/episode/YTE3MjcyNzEtNjNhNS00N2Y5LTlmYTEtYzdmYWE5MTk1NmYx" target="_blank">Episode 275</a> with writer Joel Emery and <a href="https://episodes.fm/258126625/episode/ZmZjNzFjYzMtMTMwMi00OTg5LTkxYWUtNzU2OTQzMDRhYjJi" target="_blank">Episode 300</a> with Harry Attwell, who plays Sherlock Holmes himself:</div><div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="1113" data-dashlane-rid="25d9f5d665512721" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/28467722/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-classification="other" data-dashlane-frameid="1115" data-dashlane-rid="15db257ed2c4051e" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/34210895/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>There are probably more episodes (we're going from memory), but it's enough to put a playlist together for this weekend at the very least...</div><div><br /></div><div>The game's afoot!</div><div> </div>

Celebrate World Radio Day with IHOSE

  “that strange wireless” [LAST] Radio came into the world concurrently with Sherlock Holmes, so it's natural to connect the two topics,...

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by Scott Monty

Sherlock Holmes: Crimes for Christmas

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“the number of the chapter is immaterial<span style="text-align: left;">”</span> [VALL]</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirxmwaMls6GoXq-yM73GDeY3BBan-zx0u7zlxN12NQ03kpYNUxV2G5eJnZq4Tt2GOYqtD1E4Yi4Idwralx5bs_h3SwQE-cRc_22cYg57HnbDGT1C8-nX9h8A4R12vEcNODSXAzy64kqSQKaRu-qluliuxIRpYgMjeXgqVe2q7lprpIYQiiDXQgs20eEUGb/s1000/Sherlock%20Holmes%20Crimes%20for%20Christmas%20-%20header.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1000" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirxmwaMls6GoXq-yM73GDeY3BBan-zx0u7zlxN12NQ03kpYNUxV2G5eJnZq4Tt2GOYqtD1E4Yi4Idwralx5bs_h3SwQE-cRc_22cYg57HnbDGT1C8-nX9h8A4R12vEcNODSXAzy64kqSQKaRu-qluliuxIRpYgMjeXgqVe2q7lprpIYQiiDXQgs20eEUGb/w640-h512/Sherlock%20Holmes%20Crimes%20for%20Christmas%20-%20header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>I love an advent calendar. During a cold, dark month, where the pressure to do just the right thing for other people can become overwhelming, it’s nice to have a daily gift to oneself. </p><p>Here's a new style one, a type I wasn't previously familiar with, with content that's a gift for any Sherlockian: Derrick Belanger's <i><a href="https://amzn.to/4fBDXK1" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes: Crimes for Christmas</a>. </i></p><div><div>Twelve traditionally styled stories are published with cliffhangers and labeled by date. You read the story setup on one day, then discover what happened the next, with content for every day during the month of December until Boxing Day. (I know, I'm telling you about this much too late for this month, but a) if you get the book now, you get more to read all at once or b) you can get really ahead on your shopping for December 2025, if you want.) </div><div><br /></div><div>It's tricky to make oneself stop, I find. But for anyone who remembers Encyclopedia Brown, it's fun to challenge yourself with figuring out the story's hook, the clue that reveals what happened. </div><div><br /></div><div>Watson narrates, as he should, and Inspectors Gregson and Lestrade make appearances in these stories. Tales involve a missing criminal, a cause of unusual death, a murderous frame-up, an art theft, a missing author, and more, all set during the holiday winter month. </div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><a href="https://amzn.to/4fBDXK1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><br />Sherlock Holmes: Crimes for Christmas</a></i> by Derrick Belanger, published by Belanger Books, October 2024, is available in paperback and Kindle format on Amazon.  <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkd066D2itQWBqAe7JjUHJYz53A818jEumJ3Sx9mxPpELtpfKAojZW4_3BOvBgLyQ7AyChvpRIXbRJNxNPes3rd8-IUMAKJa3oN34PLD-sReSnQXWicquMl5uk94rqnS3tdcsJjdodMWKATeDWSNRJwfTC0ysRxxLNO27GkvgSbF8g5OVtWx4IHwIi2BZK/s1499/Sherlock%20Holmes%20Crimes%20for%20Christmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1499" data-original-width="1000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkd066D2itQWBqAe7JjUHJYz53A818jEumJ3Sx9mxPpELtpfKAojZW4_3BOvBgLyQ7AyChvpRIXbRJNxNPes3rd8-IUMAKJa3oN34PLD-sReSnQXWicquMl5uk94rqnS3tdcsJjdodMWKATeDWSNRJwfTC0ysRxxLNO27GkvgSbF8g5OVtWx4IHwIi2BZK/w133-h200/Sherlock%20Holmes%20Crimes%20for%20Christmas.jpg" width="133" /></a></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>

Sherlock Holmes: Crimes for Christmas

“the number of the chapter is immaterial ”  [VALL] I love an advent calendar. During a cold, dark month, where the pressure to do just the r...

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by Johanna Draper Carlson

The Calendrical Holmes

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> “carry about a portable Newgate Calendar” [3GAR]</h4><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijk1TLiuYOH7aopcnPDLWU4LEVyvuEKtkSikTsLsHB0IvXyOdnx18xp5gt3zV1pCwh1yd1Mulaf0InT1QF55GY9E_VEJ8z5-6PCShOM5TyeeE_rc87WYakjmRq371azAttyQMIjqPsbCF92r3ZxojDBn88AaNr56tj4CAtSgnFnzEBZGjqfpFWwRqxbVJm/s540/2025%20Page-a-day%20calendar2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="540" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijk1TLiuYOH7aopcnPDLWU4LEVyvuEKtkSikTsLsHB0IvXyOdnx18xp5gt3zV1pCwh1yd1Mulaf0InT1QF55GY9E_VEJ8z5-6PCShOM5TyeeE_rc87WYakjmRq371azAttyQMIjqPsbCF92r3ZxojDBn88AaNr56tj4CAtSgnFnzEBZGjqfpFWwRqxbVJm/w640-h546/2025%20Page-a-day%20calendar2.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p>The Sherlock Holmes stories may be fixed at a certain point in time, but they are timeless classics that will forever showcase the talents of the world's first consulting detective and the friendship between him and his faithful friend and biographer, Dr. John Watson.</p><p>As much as we'd like to lose ourselves in the "half-remembered, half-forgotten times of snug Victorian illusion, of gaslit comfort and contentment, of perfect dignity and grace," <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2014/02/what-is-it-that-we-love-in-sherlock.html" target="_blank">as Edgar Smith put it</a>, we here in the bright blue 21st century still need to track the present.</p><p>To help us with that are two options from MX Publishing:</p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3Z4BP6W" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mr. Holmes’ Advent Calendars</a> (four book series - Amazon) </h3><p>There are now four volumes of the advent calendar — each containing 24 daily mysteries: one for each day of Advent.  </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyquYsXGG-DYt74GWWg-mnveVnzI0h8BTeYSVQFytOieTu_vjie-FKqcU4UND7iFCSPTl8fu3XsbLgHAxT4nqsnHPZiA146r7VWJZy0ojTztqZjoHScWCjWxZgDxX7gdQqdJCpmnG5vlvu4HNLgMcKQ2ynp34XiaE87usxaRgXWq65kzMiCkDeZEwBFjHU/w133-h200/Advent%201.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Follow in the master detective’s footsteps and use the evidence available to deduce what might have happened, find vital clues, decipher codes, check alibis and solve the crime case until the next morning when you turn the page and find Mr. Holmes’ solution and another exciting case waiting for you. Are you ready to put your detective skills to the test? </p><p>Authors Joseph Reinthaler, Sebastian Frenzel, and Anja Stiller provide great fun for fans of Sherlock Holmes and detective fiction of all ages in this delightful series. <a href="https://amzn.to/3Z4BP6W" target="_blank">Available on Amazon</a>.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://mxpublishing.com/products/2025-page-a-day-sherlock-holmes-calendar" target="_blank">2025 Sherlock Holmes Page A Day Calendar</a></h3><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWB663TKYZA5gASv-RHDNC6_Jb8pibrXSXjegmqD0MAhkw2RtNXXhp_Zv3ux-DBqekn6W4O5aDElxpyPsLkX5wczxKmlvo-IKEotWGAOb72w1368UKjHFOmTV5oY30mNykN7cPMQ2qysguFFdVp1M-_t1UMuGBeao8gbb7dwPyN_ZBlj4cjB3FjjBhzjCw/s480/2025%20Page-a-day%20calendar.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWB663TKYZA5gASv-RHDNC6_Jb8pibrXSXjegmqD0MAhkw2RtNXXhp_Zv3ux-DBqekn6W4O5aDElxpyPsLkX5wczxKmlvo-IKEotWGAOb72w1368UKjHFOmTV5oY30mNykN7cPMQ2qysguFFdVp1M-_t1UMuGBeao8gbb7dwPyN_ZBlj4cjB3FjjBhzjCw/s16000/2025%20Page-a-day%20calendar.jpeg" /></a></div><br />This was one of our favorite items from last year — 365 days of quotes, illustrations and fun facts about Sherlock Holmes (some surprised even us!).<p></p><p>Following the sell-out success of the 2024 Page Per Day Calendar, this popular item is back with an all-new calendar for 2025, offering you stunning (and sometimes obscure) illustrations, inspiring quotes, clever quips, and entertaining historical tidbits straight from the world of Sherlock Holmes! </p><p>This collaboration between <a href="https://mxpublishing.com/collections/sherlockian-author-profile-mike-foy" target="_blank">Mike Foy</a>, acclaimed author of four volumes of <i>A Study In Illustrations</i>, and bestselling Holmes novelist <a href="https://mxpublishing.com/collections/sherlockian-author-profile-richard-ryan" target="_blank">Richard Ryan</a> is a must-have for every true Sherlock Holmes devotee.</p><p>Hurry and <a href="https://mxpublishing.com/products/2025-page-a-day-sherlock-holmes-calendar" target="_blank">order yours</a> before the New Year arrives and more importantly, before these sell out like last year.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="327" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eMUU2xKI-XQ" width="393" youtube-src-id="eMUU2xKI-XQ"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><i>Disclosure: MX Publishing is a sponsor of the I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere podcast.</i></div><p><br /></p><br />

The Calendrical Holmes

 “carry about a portable Newgate Calendar” [3GAR] The Sherlock Holmes stories may be fixed at a certain point in time, but they are timeless...

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Sherlock Holmes as a Romantic Audio Companion on Valentine's Day

<h4 style="background-color: white; color: #0e0e0e; font-family: Merriweather; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 18.2px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;">“I have never loved” [DEVI] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPEO4vmjUihnH-HzZbevLhb_tl1KhFY9Lo24x4L98CNTXEF9wUhB1Giba6uCsqAsnocKgHtvSEYdY_ub5QJdMS_euz7k_7W4ler2wPYsVNFlDI_cI7wwnHz9bAtdVz8nNJkLeRNM8dL8SZKW98R58v9BPiCANXpuv5LyQ0Q3gp3q7vRl51BiY-Iykdk8c/s1044/William%20Gillette%20-%20Sherlock%20Holmes%20-%20Alice%20Faulkner%20romance.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="1044" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPEO4vmjUihnH-HzZbevLhb_tl1KhFY9Lo24x4L98CNTXEF9wUhB1Giba6uCsqAsnocKgHtvSEYdY_ub5QJdMS_euz7k_7W4ler2wPYsVNFlDI_cI7wwnHz9bAtdVz8nNJkLeRNM8dL8SZKW98R58v9BPiCANXpuv5LyQ0Q3gp3q7vRl51BiY-Iykdk8c/w640-h510/William%20Gillette%20-%20Sherlock%20Holmes%20-%20Alice%20Faulkner%20romance.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>It might seem strange that we would celebrate a holiday about romance with a detective whom Watson called “a reasoning machine.” </p><p>But let's not forget that there was also an occasion when Watson wrote “I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain,” (even if it was the <i>only</i> time).</p><p>The fact is, love plays a part in much of the Sherlock Holmes canon, from the deep and true love of Jefferson Hope and Lucy Ferrier in <i>A Study in Scarlet</i> that was made even more tragic by the interference of Drebber and Stangerson.</p><p>That was immediately followed by <i>The Sign of Four</i>, another novel tinged with romanticism, as Watson didn't work “a love-story or an elopement into the fifth proposition of Euclid,” but rather met Mary Morstan, (one of ) the great love(s) of his life.</p><p> Again and again, we find clients who arrive on the doorstep of 221B Baker Street with some concern over an <i>affaire de coeur</i>. So what better way to celebrate the day than with some romance-related episodes of <i>I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere </i>and <i>Trifles</i>?</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2016/02/episode-90-love-in-canon.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IHOSE Episode 90: Love in the Canon</a></h3><p>There are many couples in the Sherlock Holmes stories: husbands and wives, intended spouses, or spurned lovers. There is a good deal of love that runs through the Canon, some of it good and decent, some of it passionate and infatuated, and some of it selfish. <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2016/02/episode-90-love-in-canon.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 90</a> of <i>I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</i> covers love in the canon.</p><p></p><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="733" data-dashlane-rid="1b1168ecfc3f205f" data-form-type="other" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/4147543/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/414851/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2017/02/7-john-james-and-mary.html" target="_blank">Trifles Episode 7 - John, James, and Mary</a></h3><p>Then there was that time when Mrs. Watson called the good doctor by another name. Was it a sign of infidelity on her part? A typo? Whatever it is, it's just a <i><a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2017/02/7-john-james-and-mary.html" target="_blank">Trifle </a></i>(Episode 7).</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="708" data-dashlane-rid="cc6344284b357420" data-form-type="other" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5084378/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/d0161c/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><br /></p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2018/02/episode-61-john-watson-ladies-man.html" target="_blank">Trifles Episode 61 - John Watson, Ladies Man</a></h3><p>We know that Watson had “an experience of women which extends over many nations and three separate continents, but which continents were those? And what did the relationships consist of? <i>Trifles </i><a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2018/02/episode-61-john-watson-ladies-man.html" target="_blank">Episode 61</a> looks at John Watson, Ladies Man.</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="787" data-dashlane-rid="16bd13c9952218fe" data-form-type="other" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6311274/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/d0161c/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><br /></p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2024/01/episode-369-hosmeric-hypocrisy.html" target="_blank">Trifles Episode 369 - Hosmeric Hypocrisy</a></h4><p>Poor Mary Sutherland was led astray by her stepfather, who posed as Hosmer Angel. Sherlock Holmes was outraged, but it didn't stop him from getting romantically involved under false pretenses. It's <i>Trifles </i><a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/2024/01/episode-369-hosmeric-hypocrisy.html" target="_blank">Episode 369</a>.</p><p><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="813" data-dashlane-rid="1d7b6afef01a897e" data-form-type="other" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/29640263/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/d0161c/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to <a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/" target="_blank">browse the archives of <i>Trifles</i></a> for other related episodes. Are there other instances of romance that you can think of that are worth exploring? </p><p><br /></p>

Sherlock Holmes as a Romantic Audio Companion on Valentine's Day

“I have never loved” [DEVI]  It might seem strange that we would celebrate a holiday about romance with a detective whom Watson called “a re...

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by Scott Monty

Special Episode: A Christmas Story Without Slush

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“I’ve read enough of the slush” [VALL] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKOHtXtwOogbq4npFcCTDFLCX5r3-RGKP3AGKBcvoZZopGB4pBKRvLuFQBg8b5f_ybYFEBp1zwO7mYkno2ngM_yZTd6TtVvHn5FPJKzL_g9FRPRZPKsku-lgXWqEIVYRrDYkCMNwTDnOnOLdIABTfpsv2IH2pFbaGX2okGBXWUdOssG8HvvHzLoUnDZcFL/s1000/BLUE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="1000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKOHtXtwOogbq4npFcCTDFLCX5r3-RGKP3AGKBcvoZZopGB4pBKRvLuFQBg8b5f_ybYFEBp1zwO7mYkno2ngM_yZTd6TtVvHn5FPJKzL_g9FRPRZPKsku-lgXWqEIVYRrDYkCMNwTDnOnOLdIABTfpsv2IH2pFbaGX2okGBXWUdOssG8HvvHzLoUnDZcFL/w640-h360/BLUE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div><p>Following our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/7L-9qnjkPK4" target="_blank">recent appearance on Sherlock Mondays</a>, we revisited Christopher Morley's wonderful introduction to the Baker Street Irregulars' edition of "The Blue Carbuncle" from 1948.</p><p>For our Patreon supporters (and our PayPal supporters here) we have Burt's full reading of Morley's essay, followed by commentary and discussion with Scott afterward.</p><p>You can hear a sample here:</p><div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h3><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/ihearofsherlock/ihearofsherlock-xmas2023-sample.mp3" target="_blank">Download</a> [Save As] | File size: 13.4 MB, 9:46</h3><iframe allowfullscreen="" data-dashlane-frameid="9467" data-dashlane-rid="10caae9c53986668" data-form-type="other" height="192" mozallowfullscreen="true" msallowfullscreen="true" oallowfullscreen="true" scrolling="no" src="https://play.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/29228268/height/192/theme/modern/size/large/thumbnail/yes/custom-color/32527c/time-start/00:00:00/playlist-height/200/direction/backward/download/yes/font-color/FFFFFF" style="border: none;" title="Embed Player" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="100%"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"></div><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; text-wrap: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><div style="line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-overflow: ellipsis; word-break: normal;">You can listen to the full version if you're <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/special-episode-95299833?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link" target="_blank">a regular Patreon supporter</a> for as little as $1 a month. Or if you'd prefer to <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ihearofsherlock/shop/christmas-story-without-slush-90373?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=productshare_creator&utm_content=join_link" target="_blank">purchase this single episode</a>, it is available <a href="https://www.patreon.com/ihearofsherlock/shop/christmas-story-without-slush-90373?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=productshare_creator&utm_content=join_link" target="_blank">at this link</a>.</div><h4 style="line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; word-break: normal;"><br /></h4></div></div></div><div>Find all of our relevant links and social accounts at <a href="http://linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock">linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock</a>.</div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p style="-x-system-font: none; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: normal; font: 14px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px;"><br /></p></div></div></div>

Special Episode: A Christmas Story Without Slush

“I’ve read enough of the slush” [VALL]  Following our recent appearance on Sherlock Mondays , we revisited Christopher Morley's wonderfu...

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by Scott Monty

The Second Morning After Christmas

<h4 style="text-align: center;">"the second morning after Christmas" [BLUE] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMFtzw_vauLqGI8i0SrRwFREYxyE65Xzmhy3UpfMc83q9GBaYo3Uu9riMCNGwfqH4g6RsS5Q73kB-7FoGXwXd7Fn9DcSm8i1-XMrvQH8DWBj-PdmKcMLi5ID3u5ZJ-aJ90QMZSc1HSIoy0/s1600/blue-03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMFtzw_vauLqGI8i0SrRwFREYxyE65Xzmhy3UpfMc83q9GBaYo3Uu9riMCNGwfqH4g6RsS5Q73kB-7FoGXwXd7Fn9DcSm8i1-XMrvQH8DWBj-PdmKcMLi5ID3u5ZJ-aJ90QMZSc1HSIoy0/s400/blue-03.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Today traditionally marks the date on which "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" took place. The seventh in the series of stories that make up <i>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i>, "The Blue Carbucnle" is the sole Christmas story in the Sherlock Holmes canon.<br /><br />Watson sets the stage for us by opening the tale with this paragraph:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"I had called upon my friend Sherlock Holmes upon the second morning after Christmas, with the intention of wishing him the compliments of the season. He was lounging upon the sofa in a purple dressing-gown, a pipe-rack within his reach upon the right, and a pile of crumpled morning papers, evidently newly studied, near at hand. Beside the couch was a wooden chair, and on the angle of the back hung a very seedy and disreputable hard felt hat, much the worse for wear, and cracked in several places. A lens and a forceps lying upon the seat of the chair suggested that the hat had been suspended in this manner for the purpose of examination."</blockquote>It has become an annual tradition at I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere to acknowledge December 27th with a favorite reading. Just as the <i>Wall Street Journal</i> annually reproduces a 1949 editorial written by Vermont Royster called "<a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj-3My0j_zJAhUIPCYKHePhBrMQFgghMAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2FSB10001424052970204464404577112431986005786&usg=AFQjCNFBOMTBdMiqlxf9tGYz0Jb-tieRKw&sig2=qjutMkGmsi34eHf1n39PhQ" target="_blank"><i>In Hoc Anno Domini</i></a>," we saw no reason to avoid replication here.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6321981775136876837" name="more"></a>If this is new to you, please feel free to share and use this at your own Sherlockian society holiday meetings. The only thing we ask is that you attribute the poem to its rightful author. If you'd like to listen to it, we also produced a special episode of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere in December 2007 in which we read the verse:<br /><br /><center><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1185689230&color=%23ce1a21&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></center><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere">I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock/compliments-of-the-season" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="Compliments of the Season">Compliments of the Season</a></div><div><br /></div>So, we bring you "Two Days After Christmas," a tribute to "The Blue Carbuncle" in the style of Clement Moore's "<a href="http://iment.com/maida//familytree/henry/xmas/poemvariants/troysentinel1823.htm">A Visit from St. Nick</a>."<br /><br /><div style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px;"><a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/24531783/Two-Days-After-Christmas#from_embed" title="View Two Days After Christmas on Scribd"><b>Two Days After Christmas</b></a> </div><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="null" data-auto-height="true" frameborder="0" height="600" scrolling="no" src="https://www.scribd.com/embeds/24531783/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true&access_key=key-8qfi6uwtitozfa777tp" title="Two Days After Christmas" width="100%"></iframe><br /><br /><br />Looking back over both of our Sherlockian podcasts (<i>I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</i> and <i>Trifles</i>), we pulled together four more holiday-themed episodes for a full playlist: a discussion of "The Blue Carbuncle" and Christopher Morley's lovely essay "A Christmas Story Without Slush"; an interview with Peter Blau concerning his Sherlockian Christmas tree, bedecked with Sherlockian ornaments; a discussion of peace in the Sherlock Holmes stories (when we can find it); and an investigation of what went wrong in the botched jewel heist; the path across London traversed by the blue carbuncle.<div><br /></div><div><div>The playlist is <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock/sets/compliments-of-the-season?si=85662034fb8747848decdce97ba4bd93&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing" target="_blank">available on SoundCloud</a> and is embedded below for your convenience:<br /><div><br /><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="450" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/1370063371&color=%23ce1a21&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere">I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock/sets/compliments-of-the-season" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="Compliments of the Season">Compliments of the Season</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Enjoy. And this holiday season, may all of your carbuncles be blue.<br /><br /><div></div><br /><div style="font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0px;">--</div><div style="font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div></div>

The Second Morning After Christmas

"the second morning after Christmas" [BLUE]  Today traditionally marks the date on which "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle...

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by Scott Monty

The Second Morning After Christmas

<h4 style="text-align: center;">"the second morning after Christmas" [BLUE] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMFtzw_vauLqGI8i0SrRwFREYxyE65Xzmhy3UpfMc83q9GBaYo3Uu9riMCNGwfqH4g6RsS5Q73kB-7FoGXwXd7Fn9DcSm8i1-XMrvQH8DWBj-PdmKcMLi5ID3u5ZJ-aJ90QMZSc1HSIoy0/s1600/blue-03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMFtzw_vauLqGI8i0SrRwFREYxyE65Xzmhy3UpfMc83q9GBaYo3Uu9riMCNGwfqH4g6RsS5Q73kB-7FoGXwXd7Fn9DcSm8i1-XMrvQH8DWBj-PdmKcMLi5ID3u5ZJ-aJ90QMZSc1HSIoy0/s400/blue-03.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Today traditionally marks the date on which "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" took place. The seventh in the series of stories that make up <i>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i>, "The Blue Carbucnle" is the sole Christmas story in the Sherlock Holmes canon.<br /><br />Watson sets the stage for us by opening the tale with this paragraph:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">"I had called upon my friend Sherlock Holmes upon the second morning after Christmas, with the intention of wishing him the compliments of the season. He was lounging upon the sofa in a purple dressing-gown, a pipe-rack within his reach upon the right, and a pile of crumpled morning papers, evidently newly studied, near at hand. Beside the couch was a wooden chair, and on the angle of the back hung a very seedy and disreputable hard felt hat, much the worse for wear, and cracked in several places. A lens and a forceps lying upon the seat of the chair suggested that the hat had been suspended in this manner for the purpose of examination."</blockquote>It has become an annual tradition at I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere to acknowledge December 27th with a favorite reading. Just as the <i>Wall Street Journal</i> annually reproduces a 1949 editorial written by Vermont Royster called "<a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj-3My0j_zJAhUIPCYKHePhBrMQFgghMAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2FSB10001424052970204464404577112431986005786&usg=AFQjCNFBOMTBdMiqlxf9tGYz0Jb-tieRKw&sig2=qjutMkGmsi34eHf1n39PhQ" target="_blank"><i>In Hoc Anno Domini</i></a>," we saw no reason to avoid replication here.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6321981775136876837" name="more"></a>If this is new to you, please feel free to share and use this at your own Sherlockian society holiday meetings. The only thing we ask is that you attribute the poem to its rightful author. If you'd like to listen to it, we also produced a special episode of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere in December 2007 in which we read the verse:<br /><br /><center><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1185689230&color=%23ce1a21&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe></center><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere">I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock/compliments-of-the-season" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Compliments of the Season">Compliments of the Season</a></div><div><br /></div>So, we bring you "Two Days After Christmas," a tribute to "The Blue Carbuncle" in the style of Clement Moore's "<a href="http://iment.com/maida//familytree/henry/xmas/poemvariants/troysentinel1823.htm">A Visit from St. Nick</a>."<br /><br /><div style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px;"><a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/24531783/Two-Days-After-Christmas#from_embed" title="View Two Days After Christmas on Scribd"><b>Two Days After Christmas</b></a> </div><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="null" data-auto-height="true" frameborder="0" height="600" scrolling="no" src="https://www.scribd.com/embeds/24531783/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true&access_key=key-8qfi6uwtitozfa777tp" title="Two Days After Christmas" width="100%"></iframe><br /><br /><br />Looking back over both of our Sherlockian podcasts (I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere and Trifles), we pulled together four more holiday-themed episodes for a full playlist: a discussion of "The Blue Carbuncle" and Christopher Morley's lovely essay "A Christmas Story Without Slush"; an interview with Peter Blau concerning his Sherlockian Christmas tree, bedecked with Sherlockian ornaments; a discussion of peace in the Sherlock Holmes stories (when we can find it); and an investigation of what went wrong in the botched jewel heist.<div><br /></div><div>The playlist is <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock/sets/compliments-of-the-season?si=85662034fb8747848decdce97ba4bd93&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing" target="_blank">available on SoundCloud</a> and is embedded below for your convenience:<br /><div><br /><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="450" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/1370063371&color=%23ce1a21&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere">I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock/sets/compliments-of-the-season" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Compliments of the Season">Compliments of the Season</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Enjoy. And this holiday season, may all of your carbuncles be blue.<br /><br /><div></div><br /><div style="font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0px;">--</div><div style="font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0px;"><br /></div></div>

The Second Morning After Christmas

"the second morning after Christmas" [BLUE]  Today traditionally marks the date on which "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle...

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by Scott Monty

Sherlock Holmes and Father's Day

<h4 style="text-align: center;">"I had the story from my father" [HOUN]</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLmZb5WXXXKblZeR-yKCESyw8G75pyHzAgHoX6YF2Y9zh1C7D_yHqUNgS8xhk4uEsUgY398x7t-EtLDATs7L-4qEfU9N3qounTAF40i_5tc7WAvBnM4wFW_Y_e4MQ18_suQRU1IK4NKot3/s1600/Trevor+Sr.+-+GLOR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLmZb5WXXXKblZeR-yKCESyw8G75pyHzAgHoX6YF2Y9zh1C7D_yHqUNgS8xhk4uEsUgY398x7t-EtLDATs7L-4qEfU9N3qounTAF40i_5tc7WAvBnM4wFW_Y_e4MQ18_suQRU1IK4NKot3/s640/Trevor+Sr.+-+GLOR.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />From the relationship between Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Altamont Doyle to the various fathers and father figures in the Canon, it's fascinating to consider paternal impacts in the Sherlock Holmes stories.<br /><br />Far from being a homogeneous and idyllic characterization of fatherhood like some greeting card, fathers in the Sherlock Holmes stories are a mixed bag. The heroic John Ferrier and magnanimous Grant Munro represent the best in fathers, while on the other end of the spectrum, the nefarious Grimesby Roylott and Jephro Rucastle show just how abusive and criminal some can be.<br /><br /><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/134350122&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="ihearofsherlock">ihearofsherlock</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/ihearofsherlock/i-hear-of-sherlock-26" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Episode 43: Fathers in the Canon">Episode 43: Fathers in the Canon</a></div><br /><br />Perhaps this is an opportunity to listen to <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose43" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 43</a> of <i>I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere</i> again (or maybe for the first time)—an evergreen episode in which we dissect and analyze certain father figures. Interestingly, many stand-in fathers tend to be better paternal figures than biological fathers. See if you agree.<br /><br /><div>We're acutely aware  that some of the fathers in the Sherlock Holmes stories had certain dastardly deeds associated with them. Individuals such as Jephro Rucastle and Grimesby Roylott spring to mind.</div><div><br /></div><div>But what about figures who occupied a position as head of the household who weren't necessarily fathers themselves? In <a href="http://ihose.co/trifles24" target="_blank">Episode 24</a> of <i>Trifles</i>, we look at some of these parental units.</div><div><br /><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/328006256&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/sherlockholmes-trifles" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Holmes: Trifles">Sherlock Holmes: Trifles</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/sherlockholmes-trifles/24-heads-of-household" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Heads of Household">Heads of Household</a></div></div><div><br /></div><br />And until next year, we have the pleasure to wish you a very happy Father's Day, however you celebrate it.<br /><br />--<div><br /></div>

Sherlock Holmes and Father's Day

"I had the story from my father" [HOUN] From the relationship between Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Altamont Doyle to the various...

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by Scott Monty

Review: A Three-Pipe Christmas

<h4 style="text-align: center;">"absolutely unique, and its value can only be conjectured" [BLUE]</h4><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9N3vcRkjLZ9karqXihoVFkIpD9eVjLvDK70hItX_KEQ5fQsGlSXo1BlcjOsHoFcXIPsHHXmdacnwO91uXQr8i7PrBNmq0bW6YGnRH4UsCAiF2C9etZAQMRpiHXPQKW0H_HEENkiHsqLJa/s1484/SH4.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1226" data-original-width="1484" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9N3vcRkjLZ9karqXihoVFkIpD9eVjLvDK70hItX_KEQ5fQsGlSXo1BlcjOsHoFcXIPsHHXmdacnwO91uXQr8i7PrBNmq0bW6YGnRH4UsCAiF2C9etZAQMRpiHXPQKW0H_HEENkiHsqLJa/w640-h528/SH4.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Illustration by Karen Gosselin</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><p> After an admittedly trying year, many Sherlockians deserve multiple moments of delight, charm, and warmth during the holiday season. Thankfully, Belanger Books' new collection <strong><i><a href="https://amzn.to/3qxtruS" target="_blank">A Three-Pipe Christma</a>s</i></strong> is the perfect holiday tome. Mixing Sherlockian canon, scholarship, and pastiche, this book provides an exceptional, enjoyable read for Sherlockians of all persuasions.</p><p> </p><p><strong><i>A Three-Pipe Christmas</i></strong> begins with "<a href="https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/32/the-adventures-of-sherlock-holmes/351/adventure-7-the-adventure-of-the-blue-carbuncle/">The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle</a>", which leads into a trilogy of essays that provide Sherlockian insights into the context of the story. Julie McKuras, BSI ("The Duchess of Devonshire") in her essay "The Season of Forgiveness" and Monica M. Schmidt, BSI ("Julia Stoner") in her "A Most Difficult Time of the Year" highlight how the story reflects much of the joy <i>and </i>the melancholy of the holiday. As someone introduced to Holmes in his youth, I found the musings of Shannon Carlisle, BSI ("Beacons of the Future!") on introducing Holmes to her fourth-grade students in "A Brilliant Tale for the Youngest Sherlockians" especially touching and insightful.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHnsQdBlAsdWIt_WA2bGcrHC9N0okJty12-MrSVwnp3kXpNuL0rVSg3x-onql6Jb0eJybAza6wK_JEmpN7ImHACgF9_G-pWi7PjmuPa3UABPZSJiy8YPY8wyxb_do0wxyWXMNVHQLd3N7V/s2048/-leaving+Breckinridge.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1535" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHnsQdBlAsdWIt_WA2bGcrHC9N0okJty12-MrSVwnp3kXpNuL0rVSg3x-onql6Jb0eJybAza6wK_JEmpN7ImHACgF9_G-pWi7PjmuPa3UABPZSJiy8YPY8wyxb_do0wxyWXMNVHQLd3N7V/w480-h640/-leaving+Breckinridge.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Leaving Breckenridge" by <i>Strand </i>artist Jeffrey McKeever</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Our next selection is "The Unique Hamlet" by Vincent Starrett, a tale that celebrates its centennial this year. As a first-time reader of this particular pastiche, I found it quite enjoyable for its sly sense of humor as well as its prose styling. (Or as one commenter states, the story's tone is "more Lewis Carroll than Conan Doyle," and that is to its credit). With its focus on book collecting and literature, "The Unique Hamlet" has more than earned its reputation as a high-end pastiche.</p><p>The essays that follow provide insight into the history of "The Unique Hamlet" describe its importance in written Sherlockian pastiche. The late Susan Rice, BSI ("Beeswing") describes it in her essay as the "gold standard" in its balance of humor and style. Dan Andricaco (who edited <b><i>The Three Pipe Christmas</i></b>) also discusses how Vincent Starrett deftly balances pastiche, parody, and satire in writing "The Unique Hamlet." In the final related essay, Randall Stock, BSI ("South African Securities") highlights how a story that satirizes literature and book collecting morphs into a moment when "satire becomes pastiche."</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigzBwzD8Fx9CxGsofCqmfds1I2cPqChBWd6JOL2GvaW9eFunh8utGQ5PqoNii1vZ_4BqRChoeAvJp4zluYwcDn_aVbrBnkiKFHcKpmr4QL4O_fgMkNMPtDw0teeOMtKuJWJD1Gfoe7kHvl/s2048/Unique+Dickensians+3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigzBwzD8Fx9CxGsofCqmfds1I2cPqChBWd6JOL2GvaW9eFunh8utGQ5PqoNii1vZ_4BqRChoeAvJp4zluYwcDn_aVbrBnkiKFHcKpmr4QL4O_fgMkNMPtDw0teeOMtKuJWJD1Gfoe7kHvl/w426-h640/Unique+Dickensians+3.jpg" width="426" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Illustration by Brian Belanger</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>The final story is "The Adventure of the Unique Dickensians" by August Derleth, featuring the detective Solar Pons and Dr. Parker. Although Solar Pons is inspired by Sherlock Holmes (and "The Unique Dickenseians" lifts some tone and spirit from "The Unique Hamlet), calling Pons a pastiche of Holmes would not be entirely accurate. As the Pons-oriented essays by David Marcum PSI, Bob Byrne PSI, Roger Johnson, BSI ("Shinwell Johnson"), and Derrick Belanger, PSI attest, Sherlockians may find much to enjoy about exploring the Holmes-inspired yet modern-spirit tales of Solar Pons. </p><p>With its illustrations by Karen Gosselin providing a <i>Strand Magazine</i>-like feel, <b><i><a href="https://amzn.to/3qxtruS" target="_blank">The Three Pipe Christmas</a></i></b> serves both as an excellent introduction to Sherlockian thought as well as the ideal gift for a long-term student of the canon. With proceeds benefitting the <a href="https://www.beaconsociety.com/joel-senter-essay-contest.html" target="_blank">R. Joel Senter Sr. Memorial Essay Contest</a>, <b><i><a href="https://amzn.to/3qxtruS" target="_blank">The Three Pipe Christmas</a></i></b> also provides an opportunity to foster the holiday spirit of giving.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/33M31vq" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="680" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaIPBOoXnT47cBgEe4n5neMxdmp24c8JWnIDY4WZhyphenhyphenwon587yXsAAqfregwDvPdFS5VFxifWlEzf5kWGg0lzQPIFMYwyzF7fO2g4F_s5D-3tYvbmNHnbxj929TsC9EdS7fagFFLu0LeNBs/w426-h640/Three+Pipe+Christmas+Cover.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><p><b><i>The Three Pipe Christmas</i></b> is an absolutely unique volume of Sherlockian storytelling and scholarship and is highly recommended. </p><p><br /><script type="text/javascript"> amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "scottmonty-20"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_design = "enhanced_links"; amzn_assoc_asins = "B08NF1PRJS"; amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "1fda3739be23df459dcbbc97f0e0965a"; </script> <script src="//z-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/onejs?MarketPlace=US"></script></p><p>--</p><p><br /></p><p></p><p></p>

Review: A Three-Pipe Christmas

"absolutely unique, and its value can only be conjectured" [BLUE] Illustration by Karen Gosselin After an admittedly trying year,...

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by Gordon D

Sherlock Holmes and Labor Day

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "laborers and dockmen were already astir" [SIGN]</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4bT-HHjhzweF4FsyeQmWfTNAUcI6CljOwKN1NOH1ebpMsLU74UrPtOpkiHpQDnZSpf3tbZDowrucbj1XdnBYGDZCpGPVFx-nDYVgGEYeSOCsLFC27OsSJCivo-Qa7_5AbGF-xSfXoMPB9/s711/BLUE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="711" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4bT-HHjhzweF4FsyeQmWfTNAUcI6CljOwKN1NOH1ebpMsLU74UrPtOpkiHpQDnZSpf3tbZDowrucbj1XdnBYGDZCpGPVFx-nDYVgGEYeSOCsLFC27OsSJCivo-Qa7_5AbGF-xSfXoMPB9/w640-h504/BLUE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Here in the United States, the first Monday in September traditionally marks Labor Day. It's a national holiday that signals the unofficial end of summer, as people take final trips to the beach or mountains, enjoy a cookout, and the kids prepare to head back to school.</p><div style="text-align: left;">The holiday was officially recognized at the federal level in the 1930s, but its origins date to the late 19th century, as the trade union and labor movements grew. In 1887, Oregon became the first state to recognize Labor Day as a public holiday; by 1894, some 30 states were celebrating it as President Grover Cleveland signed it into law. But the law only gave the holiday to federal workers. It would take nearly 40 years to make it a holiday for everyone.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Sherlock Holmes stories, set solidly in late Victorian / early Edwardian time, was filled with workers: sometimes nameless, faceless characters who were an essential part of the background of the action: cab drivers, gardeners, dockmen, weavers, housemaids, footmen and more. But there were others who sprang to relevance as they provided ample information to Holmes in his investigations.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">For you see, Sherlock Holmes believed in data over class. He knew that household staff and regular working-class people, like his Baker Street Irregulars, could see everything and overhear everyone without notice. And they deserved his attention.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Sherlock Holmes thrived on work—sometimes to a fault. While he told Watson "I never remember being tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely," in <i>The Sign of Four</i>, his career would later see his constitution begin to suffer.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In 'The Reigate Squires,' he was recovering from the "strain caused by his immense exertions," and in 'The Missing Three-Quarter' he returned to his rooms "exhausted with hunger and fatigue." But it isn't until 'The Devil's Foot' that it gets truly serious, as he and Watson take a holiday in Cornwall after "Holmes’s iron constitution showed some symptoms of giving way in the face of constant hard work."</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Still, Holmes tried to lift Watson out of his "own sad bereavement" in 'The Empty House' by telling him, "Work is the best antidote to sorrow, my dear Watson."</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We've done <a href="https://soundcloud.com/sherlockholmes-trifles/sets/jobs-professions" target="_blank">a series of audio discussions</a> on various workers and jobs in the Canon over on <a href="https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com/" target="_blank">Trifles</a>. Feel free to click that link or to use the playlist below from SoundCloud.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="450" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/827409950&color=%23ef1625&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: interstate, "lucida grande", "lucida sans unicode", "lucida sans", garuda, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: 100; line-break: anywhere; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; word-break: normal;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/sherlockholmes-trifles" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Sherlock Holmes: Trifles">Sherlock Holmes: Trifles</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/sherlockholmes-trifles/sets/jobs-professions" style="color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Jobs & Professions">Jobs & Professions</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In case you'd like to visit the show notes for each of these episodes, they are as follows:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://ihose.co/trifles33" target="_blank">Thumb Up for Engineers</a></li><li><a href="https://ihose.co/trifles36" target="_blank">Tradesmen in the Canon</a></li><li><a href="https://ihose.co/trifles69" target="_blank">Occupations in the Canon</a></li><li><a href="https://ihose.co/trifles88" target="_blank">Doctors in the Canon</a></li><li><a href="https://ihose.co/trifles110" target="_blank">Governesses</a></li><li><a href="https://ihose.co/trifles124" target="_blank">Odd Jobs</a></li><li><a href="https://ihose.co/trifles160" target="_blank">Army Coaches</a></li><li><a href="https://ihose.co/trifles191" target="_blank">Clergymen</a></li></ol></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">What would you add to this series?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And if you're in the United States today, happy Labor Day. If not, happy Monday.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">--</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p><br /></p>

Sherlock Holmes and Labor Day

 "laborers and dockmen were already astir" [SIGN] Here in the United States, the first Monday in September traditionally marks Lab...

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by Scott Monty

The Second Morning After Christmas

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "the second morning after Christmas" [BLUE] </h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMFtzw_vauLqGI8i0SrRwFREYxyE65Xzmhy3UpfMc83q9GBaYo3Uu9riMCNGwfqH4g6RsS5Q73kB-7FoGXwXd7Fn9DcSm8i1-XMrvQH8DWBj-PdmKcMLi5ID3u5ZJ-aJ90QMZSc1HSIoy0/s1600/blue-03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMFtzw_vauLqGI8i0SrRwFREYxyE65Xzmhy3UpfMc83q9GBaYo3Uu9riMCNGwfqH4g6RsS5Q73kB-7FoGXwXd7Fn9DcSm8i1-XMrvQH8DWBj-PdmKcMLi5ID3u5ZJ-aJ90QMZSc1HSIoy0/s400/blue-03.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Today traditionally marks the date on which "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" took place. The seventh in the series of stories that make up <i>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i>, "The Blue Carbucnle" is the sole Christmas story in the Sherlock Holmes canon.<br /> <br /> Watson sets the stage for us by opening the tale with this paragraph:<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> "I had called upon my friend Sherlock Holmes upon the second morning after Christmas, with the intention of wishing him the compliments of the season. He was lounging upon the sofa in a purple dressing-gown, a pipe-rack within his reach upon the right, and a pile of crumpled morning papers, evidently newly studied, near at hand. Beside the couch was a wooden chair, and on the angle of the back hung a very seedy and disreputable hard felt hat, much the worse for wear, and cracked in several places. A lens and a forceps lying upon the seat of the chair suggested that the hat had been suspended in this manner for the purpose of examination."</blockquote> It has become a tradition at I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere to acknowledge December 27th with a repeat feature. Just as the <i>Wall Street Journal</i> annually reproduces a 1949 editorial written by Vermont Royster called "<a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj-3My0j_zJAhUIPCYKHePhBrMQFgghMAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2FSB10001424052970204464404577112431986005786&usg=AFQjCNFBOMTBdMiqlxf9tGYz0Jb-tieRKw&sig2=qjutMkGmsi34eHf1n39PhQ" target="_blank"><i>In Hoc Anno Domini</i></a>," we saw no reason to avoid replication here.<br /> <br /> In the case of this post (titled "The Second Morning After Christmas" [BLUE] in many but not all of the previous cases) which has been used in <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2006/12/second-morning-after-christmas-blue_27.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2006</a>, <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2008/12/second-morning-after-christmas-blue_27.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2008</a>, <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2009/12/second-morning-after-christmas-blue_27.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2009</a> <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2010/12/second-morning-after-christmas-blue_25.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2010</a>, <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2011/12/second-morning-after-christmas-blue_27.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2011</a>, <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2012/12/second-morning-after-christmas-blue_27.html#.Ur0PksRDuSo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2012</a>, <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2013/12/our-annual-sherlockian-christmas.html#.Vn_hSRUrLb1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2013</a>, <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/12/happy-blue-carbuncle-day.html#.Wj8sP9-nHb1">2015</a>, <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2016/12/a-christmas-post-without-slush.html#.Wj8sT9-nHb0">2016</a>, <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2017/12/the-annual-ihose-christmas-greeting.html#.XB62W1xKjb0">2017</a>, and <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2018/12/the-second-morning-after-christmas.html#.XgLgdkdKjb1">2018</a> (2014 must have been an off year for us) we find that we have a piece that continues to please, so we'll continue the tradition.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6321981775136876837" name="more"></a>If this is new to you, please feel free to share and use this at your own Sherlockian society holiday meetings. The only thing we ask is that you attribute the poem to its rightful author. If you'd like to listen to it, we also produced a special episode of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere in December 2007 in which we read the verse:<br /> <br /> <br /> <center> <iframe allowfullscreen="" height="100 " mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/1114993/height/100%20/width/600/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/no-cache/true/render-playlist/no/custom-color/87A93A/" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="600"></iframe></center> So, we bring you "Two Days After Christmas," a tribute to "The Blue Carbuncle" in the style of Clement Moore's "<a href="http://iment.com/maida//familytree/henry/xmas/poemvariants/troysentinel1823.htm">A Visit from St. Nick</a>."<br /> <br /> <div style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px;"> <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/24531783/Two-Days-After-Christmas#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View Two Days After Christmas on Scribd"><b>Two Days After Christmas</b></a> </div> <iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="null" data-auto-height="true" frameborder="0" height="600" scrolling="no" src="https://www.scribd.com/embeds/24531783/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true&access_key=key-8qfi6uwtitozfa777tp" title="Two Days After Christmas" width="100%"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> In addition, this year we have <b>four</b> more holiday-themed episodes of our show that you may find enjoyable: a discussion of "The Blue Carbuncle" and an interview with Peter Blau concerning his Sherlockian Christmas tree; and two Trifles: a discussion of peace in the Sherlock Holmes stories and an investigation of what went wrong in the botched jewel heist.<br /> <br /> <center> <iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/2162913/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/414851/" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><br /></center> <br /> <center> <iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/3262892/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/87A93A/" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><br /></center> <br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6070736/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/d0161c/" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><br /> <br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6086285/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/d0161c/" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> Enjoy. And this holiday season, may all of your carbuncles be blue.<br /> <br /> <br /> <div> </div> <br /> <div style="font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0px;"> --</div>

The Second Morning After Christmas

"the second morning after Christmas" [BLUE]  Today traditionally marks the date on which "The Adventure of the Blue Carb...

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by Scott Monty

Reflecting on Occupations in the Sherlock Holmes Stories

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "a strange occupation in the circumstances" [RETI]</h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWNxAUiMTtGR4r4aslNK2883wN41Ci21haEEM4HkL5BjxTtASLI-G-E8kMEwT92A2yQd56N09HtNhVKybrvphus1BQrPvKfEVEq0ghdk4jw09gqpOoRCYa24Sga9c-SYg7oHrxMsx1yzAD/s1600/REDH+-+vacancy+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="618" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWNxAUiMTtGR4r4aslNK2883wN41Ci21haEEM4HkL5BjxTtASLI-G-E8kMEwT92A2yQd56N09HtNhVKybrvphus1BQrPvKfEVEq0ghdk4jw09gqpOoRCYa24Sga9c-SYg7oHrxMsx1yzAD/s640/REDH+-+vacancy+1.jpg" width="622" /></a></div> <br /> We've often remarked on Christopher Morley's bon mot that the totality of Sherlock Holmes stories is "<a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2013/11/a-textbook-of-friendship.html#.XW0gFihKjb0">a textbook of friendship</a>." But the Canon is so rich in details that could be considered true to life that there are other elements of Victorian life that we're exposed to on a regular basis.<br /> <br /> Conan Doyle's skill as a storyteller is evident: he didn't need to spend a great deal of time or space writing about certain elements; he knew when to "cut out the poetry" [RETI] and when to evoke emotion from his descriptions.<br /> <br /> Since today is Labor Day in the United States, consider the various jobs and professions in the stories. We're generally not treated to a detailed description of them, because it was assumed that readers knew what these individuals did simply by virtue of the name of the job.<br /> <br /> But to go through the list of occupations in the Canon is to have a snapshot of daily life. From plumbers (CHAS) to bank presidents (REDH, BERY), doctors (too many to list) to lawyers (NORW, SUSS), cab drivers (multiple) to carpenters (REDH), and grooms (so many) to governesses (COPP, THOR, WIST), we're treated to a roll call of jobs we know and understand.<br /> <br /> But there are other occupations that we might not come across on a daily basis. A bodymaster in <i>The Valley of Fear</i>, a garroter in "The Empty House," a yeggman in "The Musgrave Ritual." An engineer even got his own story and we had ample opportunity to understand the type of work he did ("The Engineer's Thumb").<br /> <br /> On Trifles, our weekly discussion program (<a href="https://forms.feedblitz.com/6ew" target="_blank">subscribe here</a>), we've touched on many of these occupations. So, we put together <a href="https://soundcloud.com/sherlockholmes-trifles/sets/jobs-professions" target="_blank">a playlist: Jobs and Occupations</a> for you to enjoy on this Labor Day.<br /> <br /> <iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="450" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/827409950&color=%232879af&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true" width="100%"></iframe><br /> <br /> If there are other topics you'd like us to cover on the show, we'd be glad to hear from you.<br /> <br /> --<br /> <br />

Reflecting on Occupations in the Sherlock Holmes Stories

"a strange occupation in the circumstances" [RETI] We've often remarked on Christopher Morley's bon mot that the tota...

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by Scott Monty

The Second Morning After Christmas

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "the second morning after Christmas" [BLUE] </h4> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMFtzw_vauLqGI8i0SrRwFREYxyE65Xzmhy3UpfMc83q9GBaYo3Uu9riMCNGwfqH4g6RsS5Q73kB-7FoGXwXd7Fn9DcSm8i1-XMrvQH8DWBj-PdmKcMLi5ID3u5ZJ-aJ90QMZSc1HSIoy0/s1600/blue-03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMFtzw_vauLqGI8i0SrRwFREYxyE65Xzmhy3UpfMc83q9GBaYo3Uu9riMCNGwfqH4g6RsS5Q73kB-7FoGXwXd7Fn9DcSm8i1-XMrvQH8DWBj-PdmKcMLi5ID3u5ZJ-aJ90QMZSc1HSIoy0/s400/blue-03.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Today traditionally marks the date on which "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" took place. The seventh in the series of stories that make up <i>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</i>, "The Blue Carbucnle" is the sole Christmas story in the Sherlock Holmes canon.<br /> <br /> Watson sets the stage for us by opening the tale with this paragraph:<br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> "I had called upon my friend Sherlock Holmes upon the second morning after Christmas, with the intention of wishing him the compliments of the season. He was lounging upon the sofa in a purple dressing-gown, a pipe-rack within his reach upon the right, and a pile of crumpled morning papers, evidently newly studied, near at hand. Beside the couch was a wooden chair, and on the angle of the back hung a very seedy and disreputable hard felt hat, much the worse for wear, and cracked in several places. A lens and a forceps lying upon the seat of the chair suggested that the hat had been suspended in this manner for the purpose of examination."</blockquote> It has become a tradition at I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere to acknowledge December 27th with a repeat feature. Just as the <i>Wall Street Journal</i> annually reproduces a 1949 editorial written by Vermont Royster called "<a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj-3My0j_zJAhUIPCYKHePhBrMQFgghMAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Farticles%2FSB10001424052970204464404577112431986005786&usg=AFQjCNFBOMTBdMiqlxf9tGYz0Jb-tieRKw&sig2=qjutMkGmsi34eHf1n39PhQ" target="_blank"><i>In Hoc Anno Domini</i></a>," we saw no reason to avoid replication here.<br /> <br /> In the case of this post (previously titled "The Second Morning After Christmas" [BLUE]) which has been used in <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2006/12/second-morning-after-christmas-blue_27.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2006</a>, <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2008/12/second-morning-after-christmas-blue_27.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2008</a>, <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2009/12/second-morning-after-christmas-blue_27.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2009</a> <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2010/12/second-morning-after-christmas-blue_25.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2010</a>, <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2011/12/second-morning-after-christmas-blue_27.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2011</a>, <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2012/12/second-morning-after-christmas-blue_27.html#.Ur0PksRDuSo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2012</a>, <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2013/12/our-annual-sherlockian-christmas.html#.Vn_hSRUrLb1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2013</a>, <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2015/12/happy-blue-carbuncle-day.html#.Wj8sP9-nHb1">2015</a>, <a href="http://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2016/12/a-christmas-post-without-slush.html#.Wj8sT9-nHb0">2016</a>, and <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2017/12/the-annual-ihose-christmas-greeting.html#.XB62W1xKjb0">2017</a> we find that we have a piece that continues to please, so we'll continue the tradition.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6321981775136876837" name="more"></a>If this is new to you, please feel free to share and use this at your own Sherlockian society holiday meetings. The only thing we ask is that you attribute the poem to its rightful author. If you'd like to listen to it, we also produced a special episode of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere in December 2007 in which we read the verse:<br /> <br /> <br /> <center> <iframe allowfullscreen="" height="100 " mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/1114993/height/100%20/width/600/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/no-cache/true/render-playlist/no/custom-color/87A93A/" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="600"></iframe></center> So, we bring you "Two Days After Christmas," a tribute to "The Blue Carbuncle" in the style of Clement Moore's "<a href="http://iment.com/maida//familytree/henry/xmas/poemvariants/troysentinel1823.htm">A Visit from St. Nick</a>."<br /> <br /> <div style="display: block; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 12px auto 6px;"> <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/24531783/Two-Days-After-Christmas#from_embed" style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View Two Days After Christmas on Scribd"><b>Two Days After Christmas</b></a> </div> <iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" data-aspect-ratio="null" data-auto-height="true" frameborder="0" height="600" scrolling="no" src="https://www.scribd.com/embeds/24531783/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&show_recommendations=true&access_key=key-8qfi6uwtitozfa777tp" title="Two Days After Christmas" width="100%"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> In addition, this year we have <b>four</b> more holiday-themed episodes of our show that you may find enjoyable: a discussion of "The Blue Carbuncle" and an interview with Peter Blau concerning his Sherlockian Christmas tree; and two Trifles: a discussion of peace in the Sherlock Holmes stories and an investigation of what went wrong in the botched jewel heist.<br /> <br /> <center> <iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/2162913/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/414851/" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><br /> </center> <br /> <center> <iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/3262892/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/87A93A/" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><br /> </center> <br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6070736/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/d0161c/" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><br /> <br /> <iframe allowfullscreen="" height="90" mozallowfullscreen="" msallowfullscreen="" oallowfullscreen="" scrolling="no" src="https://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6086285/height/90/theme/custom/autoplay/no/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/d0161c/" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial;" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="100%"></iframe><br /> <br /> <br /> Enjoy. And this holiday season, may all of your carbuncles be blue.<br /> <br /> <br /> <div> </div> <br /> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> --</div>

The Second Morning After Christmas

"the second morning after Christmas" [BLUE]  Today traditionally marks the date on which "The Adventure of the Blue Carb...

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by Scott Monty