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Tips for Making the Most of the BSI Weekend

<h4 style="text-align: center;"><b>"Let me have the straight tip and you won't be a loser" [SILV] </b></h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFYYwNkDcFee52TLetezTvrjJuCKXcoJ8tRTmgBBmyA6s8xbAhLwknSBTpj-Pkrx6jpEyFqM9xEg-CaN-pHP8mPZatyZtGZm8Rqasu7Kb8BZSgUSpY_ZdFEBKopS_ZrYAzONcuAGPHOHA/s1600/BSI+logo+full.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFYYwNkDcFee52TLetezTvrjJuCKXcoJ8tRTmgBBmyA6s8xbAhLwknSBTpj-Pkrx6jpEyFqM9xEg-CaN-pHP8mPZatyZtGZm8Rqasu7Kb8BZSgUSpY_ZdFEBKopS_ZrYAzONcuAGPHOHA/s640/BSI+logo+full.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: center;">With the </span><b style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://bakerstreetirregulars.com/2022/10/17/plans-2023-bsi-weekend/" target="_blank">BSI Weekend</a></b><span style="text-align: center;"> coming up, we thought it might be helpful to provide a series of tips for the veteran attendees and the newbies alike.</span><br /><br />The <a href="https://bakerstreetirregulars.com/2022/10/17/plans-2023-bsi-weekend/" target="_blank">Baker Street Irregulars Weekend</a> is happening January 5-9, 2023, and it's usually a pretty big deal if you're taking time out of your life to head into New York City for three or more days of activities with people you haven't seen in a year (or years!) or those you may have only known online until now.<div><br /></div><div>Whether you're making the trip for the first or twenty-first time, you know that the Weekend provides the same level of excitement, anticipation, and giddiness as Christmas morning does to a child.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha6OGNTJ9y_alsmGZ4itwvxut6FnZFBQOLkk-N2WkkKYRjWi6VhW3taPMuwHbm71ZOdynxKBFX43yxwG0F0HkBqsQx3Z1pc4kiIezeMXQG6zPdPVmG4FPv6y_wsBc8QavGdfNnOZ680d6u/s1600/TWIS+Hugh+Boone.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha6OGNTJ9y_alsmGZ4itwvxut6FnZFBQOLkk-N2WkkKYRjWi6VhW3taPMuwHbm71ZOdynxKBFX43yxwG0F0HkBqsQx3Z1pc4kiIezeMXQG6zPdPVmG4FPv6y_wsBc8QavGdfNnOZ680d6u/s320/TWIS+Hugh+Boone.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">All tips gladly accepted</td></tr></tbody></table><br />It's usually during those anxious moments that our brain-attic tends to forget some of the essentials that help make a great trip perfect. And for the uninitiated, it's just a matter of not knowing what you need to survive the BSI Weekend.<br /><br />This is the <b>tenth </b>annual installment of this post — the first of which was inspired by interviewing several members of the Baker Street Irregulars — including some newer members who might have a less distant memory of their first Weekend, and some who have been at it literally for decades. Information has been updated to reflect changes in the city as well as in technology.</div><div><br /></div><div>And this year, the ongoing pandemic has incurred some changes as well.<br /><br /><br />And if there are any additional tips that you think would be helpful to attendees, please feel free to add your own as a comment below. And if you'd like a sense of what it's like, listen to <a href="http://ihose.co/ihose74" target="_blank">Episode 74</a>:<br /><br /><iframe frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/191368218&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%"></iframe><br /><br />Herewith are the suggestions:<br /><br /><h3>Health 💉</h3></div><div><ul><li>While Sherlockians like to imagine a world where "it's always 1895," the reality of the present day is that we are still fighting a global pandemic. While it's not Tapanuli fever or the black Formosa corruption, it's a good idea to take precautions.</li><li>The first thing to note is that all events hosted by the Baker Street Irregulars require proof of vaccination for entry. The virus situation is always changing, so please visit the <a href="https://files.bakerstreetirregulars.com/bsi-event-covid-19.pdf" target="_blank">BSI Event Covid-19 requirements PDF</a> for the latest details. And check that PDF again on January 4, in case there are any last-minute changes.</li><li>And with the tripledemic, it wouldn't hurt to wear a mask when you're indoors and around a lot of people as well. </li><li><b style="font-style: italic;">Remember:</b><i> Your health and the health of loved ones at home when you return are of great concern to people who like to share your company at these events. </i>❤️</li></ul></div><div><ul><li><b>PLEASE NOTE: </b>To get the latest BSI event news, go to the BSI website and sign up for the free <a href="https://bakerstreetirregulars.com/bsi-news-via-email" target="_blank">News from the BSI</a> email service.</li></ul></div><div><br /><h3>Bags 🧳</h3><ul><li>Make sure that you have plenty of room to bring home books that you buy. If you have to bring an extra bag that you can fold up and put in your suitcase, do so. </li><li>Some suggest bringing a plastic shopping bag to the BSI dinner, as it makes carrying the dinner packet around a little easier, especially if you plan to go to another venue afterward. </li><li>You might also consider <b>bringing a shopping bag to the Merchants Room</b> on Saturday to carry your various purchases. Not all merchants provide bags; carting away your haul is <i>your</i> responsibility. And you <i>do</i> want a haul, don't you?</li></ul><br /><h3>Meeting Others 📇</h3><ul><li>Bring business cards. You will be meeting a lot of new people, and you will be sharing contact information. Put as many as you think that you will need in your pack, and then double it. And be sure to include all modes of contacting you, including website, Twitter handle, etc. </li><li>If you're in need of a good card, the <a href="http://moo.com/">Moo</a> does a splendid job and <a href="http://vistaprint.com/">VistaPrint</a> has a fast turnaround time. </li><li>If you want to make sure you get your table mates to sign your menu, bring a pen to the dinner.</li><ul><li><b><i>Pro tip</i></b>: there's usually a pen in the dinner packet.</li></ul><li>Allow yourself time to schmooze with other Sherlockians. This is the fastest way to make new friends, who will quickly become old friends. </li></ul><br /><h3>Comportment / Etiquette 🤝</h3><ul><li><b>Do</b> tell people how good it is to see them again — or how lovely it is to meet them for the first time after having known them only online. </li><li><b>Do</b> tell them that you miss them in the intervening months between BSI weekends. </li><li><b>Do</b> tell them how invaluable they are to you as a Sherlockian comrade-in-arms and friend and how much you value their friendship. </li><li>If you're scheduled to speak at an event, be mindful not to overdo the alcohol beforehand. Dutch courage is usually inappropriate in such circumstances. </li><li>In this hyper-connected world, it's easy to forget that there are those attending the weekend for whom "it is always 1895" — or nearly so. When you're taking photographs, please be mindful of those who are firmly rooted in the 20th (or 19th!) century and who might not want to appear on your timeline by <u>asking their permission</u> to share your photos of them online. Common courtesy is timeless.</li></ul><div><br /></div><h3>Attire 🥿 🧥</h3><ul><li>Bring comfortable shoes. The weekend inevitably includes a lot of walking. </li><li>This one is especially for the ladies: it's useful to have a change of shoes in your handbag so the stilettos don't murder you by the end of the evening (or vice versa). </li><li>Bring warm clothes. It is winter in New York, and non-Sherlockian New York friends say they know when we are in town because we bring really bad weather. </li><li>Dress in layers. Many times the weather can be cold, but there have been instances in New York in January when we could – and did – comfortably walk about the streets without even a jacket on. </li></ul><br /><h3>Money 💰</h3><ul><li>Bring small bills. They will come in handy as you share taxis going from place to place, and you’ll find them handy when tipping helpful service employees. </li><ul><li><b><i>Pro tip</i></b>: We prefer withdrawing $2 bills from the bank and bringing them with us to make things extra efficient.</li></ul><li>Bring a checkbook (or cash!) to the Merchants Room, as not everyone there takes credit cards and you may find an item you must have. </li><li>If you see something you're interested in at the Merchants Room and you can afford it, don't wait until your second sweep of the room – it will probably be gone by then.</li><li>Most of the vendors in the Merchants Room are very kind and understanding people, and many are also collectors or Sherlockians themselves. If you would care to haggle with them, they're likely open to it. It can't hurt to ask.</li><li>The BSI and Wessex Press tables accept <b>credit cards, PayPal and Apple Pay</b>.</li><li>Estimate, on the top side, what you expect to spend – and then double it. That might get you through. 💸</li></ul><br /><h3>Time 🕰️</h3><ul><li>If you have any health conditions, allow yourself time to go back to your hotel room for periodic rests. Many find these rests invaluable, enabling them to enjoy the weekend despite their condition. Schedule your time. </li><li>Know when you need to be places (including when you need to catch the train/plane back home). </li><li>Count on it taking some time to get a cab amongst the other Sherlockians who may be headed to the same events as you.</li><li>Alternatively, download a ride-hailing app (such as <b>Uber </b>or <b>Lyft, </b>or <b>Curb </b>for taxis) to help you avoid these waits. <b>See below for more details and a way to save money on rides</b>.</li></ul><br /><h3>Getting Around 🚕 🚇 🚶</h3><ul><li>Hey, Magellan, guess what? You have the power of a global satellite navigation system in the palm of your hand. That is, if you have a smartphone. Google Maps or Apple Maps are indispensable for getting around, by foot, taxi, or public transportation.</li><li>If you want something customized to New York, there are other apps to choose from: <a href="https://citymapper.com/nyc" target="_blank">Citymapper</a>, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=guide.unitedstates.newyork.prod&hl=en_US&gl=US" target="_blank">New York Guide for Android</a> and iOS has the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/new-york-travel-guide-offline/id319296365?mt=8">New York Travel Guide and Offline Map</a>.</li></ul><div><br /></div><ul><li>If you don't like using the map app on your phone, print out a street map of the city with the places you need to be circled or otherwise identified. Many things are within walking distance, but it is good to know you are starting out in the right direction (or know when to turn). </li><li>Download and print Monica Schmidt's <b><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/15khA9aIru03NI-O1aH6SARTWjsouUe6DUIQTXk9aIl4/edit?usp=drivesdk&fbclid=IwAR1kCfGk0796ssWAhvJYm1BgPHbLLfRH-ajm5qCip4jD_hENs4Tcw-Lw284" target="_blank">handy schedule</a></b>, particularly if you're more visually inclined. It's a nice grid.</li></ul><ul><li>If you want to go to Otto Penzler's <a href="http://mysteriousbookshop.com/" target="_blank">Mysterious Bookshop</a> and are staying at The Westin Grand Central Hotel, the easiest, quickest and cheapest way to go is by subway. From Grand Central take a <b>4</b> or <b>5</b> express train <b>two</b> stops to <b>Brooklyn Bridge Station</b>; it is a very short walk over to Otto's. Don't take a local (which makes 10 stops). The express is about five minutes. </li><li>Download the <b>MYmta app</b> from the <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mymta/id1297605670?mt=8">App Store</a> or <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.mta.mymta&hl=en">Google Play</a> for navigating the subway. </li><li>Pool funds with others to buy regular per-ride <b><a href="http://web.mta.info/metrocard/mcgtreng.htm">MetroCards</a></b>. These can be shared by up to four people on each trip and are good for one transfer between subway/bus or between buses on uptown/crosstown routes within 2 hours.</li><ul><li>If you're 65 or older, present ID for a reduced fare MetroCard – $2.75 for two rides with the same transfer provisions noted above. <b>Note:</b> a 65+ MetroCard <b><i>cannot</i></b> be shared and you must find a live 'token booth' clerk to inspect your ID – reduced fare not available in machines.</li><li>If you reach the end of the Weekend with a balance on your MetroCard, return to New York more frequently! Or give your card to local-area Sherlockians.</li></ul></ul><div><br /></div><ul><li>Download a ride-hailing app such as <a href="https://lyft.com/i/SCOTT726787" target="_blank">Lyft</a>, Uber, or <a href="https://my.gocurb.com/invite85u83u" target="_blank">Curb</a>. </li><ul><li>If you'd like a code for <b>Lyft</b>, use <a href="https://lyft.com/i/SCOTT726787">SCOTT726787</a> to sign up and receive a $5 credit towards rides.</li><li><b>For NYC taxis, </b><a href="https://my.gocurb.com/invite85u83u" target="_blank">download the Curb app</a> and use the code <b>85U83U</b> to get $5 when you create an account. You can either request a cab with it,  or when you're in a cab simply enter a 7-digit code displayed in the cab and it will pair with your device.</li></ul></ul><br /><h3>Logistics 📝</h3><ul><li>Bring your event payment confirmations, just in case of a glitch in the system. </li><li>Also, everything is pretty centrally located, but it's a good idea to have a list of your schedule with the addresses of the venues so that you don't suddenly find yourself asking, where the devil am I supposed to be right now? </li><li>The heat during the BSI dinner has been uncomfortable in years past in the Yale Club (potentially dangerously uncomfortable a few years ago) – if this happens again, vests/waistcoats are not advised. Unless you're <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcaric/8379354330/">Mattias Bostrom</a>. </li></ul><br /><h3>The Unscheduled 📅</h3><ul><li>If possible, make breakfast plans with other Sherlockians (unless you prefer to eat breakfast alone – saving energy for later conversations).</li><li>To some, the secret to enjoying the jam-packed weekend is to find private, unpublicized events for more intimate interactions. How to find these? “<i>You know my methods. Apply them</i>.” </li></ul><br /><h3>Dining 🍽️</h3>What? You’re not getting enough food between events? Thankfully there are gaps that allow a Sherlockian to venture places on his or her own. And of course, there are plenty of restaurants in and near Grand Central Station, which is in great proximity to the Yale Club and the Westin Grand Central Hotel.<br /><ul><li>The restaurant scene in NYC has changed drastically during the pandemic. Some old favorites may no longer be there; some may have restricted hours or dining arrangements.</li><li>Check <b><a href="https://www.opentable.com/landmark/restaurants-near-grand-central-station" target="_blank">Open Table</a></b> for restaurants that take reservations; they offer free booking and allow you to see availability of tables by time and by number of seats. </li><li>Several Sherlockians like to go to the <b><a href="http://www.oysterbarny.com/">Oyster Bar</a></b> for dinner. There are a number of <b><a href="https://www.grandcentralterminal.com/restaurants/" target="_blank">Grand Central Restaurants</a></b> inside. </li><li>For a more comprehensive listing of eateries nearby, check <b><a href="https://www.tripadvisor.com/RestaurantsNear-g60763-d103371-Grand_Central_Terminal-New_York_City_New_York.html" target="_blank">TripAdvisor</a></b>, <b><a href="https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Restaurants+Near+Grand+Central+Station&find_loc=New+York%2C+NY" target="_blank">Yelp</a></b>,</li><li>And heaven forbid, don't forget about the <a href="http://www.redflamenyc.com/">Red Flame</a>, the perennial favorite next door to the Algonquin Hotel on W. 44th Street.</li></ul><br /><h3>Online 📱</h3>Whether you're in New York for the festivities or sequestered at home, it might be worthwhile to follow along online. Some ways to do that:<br /><ul><li>The official hashtag of the BSI Weekend on Twitter is <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23bsiweekend&src=typd">#BSIWeekend</a>.  </li><li>We also have a <a href="http://twitter.com/ihearofsherlock/lists/sherlockians">list of Sherlockians on Twitter</a> whom you might consider following. A number of them will be at the weekend as well.</li><li>The Doylean Honors will be held <b>online </b>as well as in person on Thursday, January 5 at 11:15 am EST. <a href="http://acdsociety.com/Honors/Honors.html" target="_blank">Register at the ACD Society site</a>.</li><li>And don't forget about <a href="https://www.doingsofdoyle.com/p/the-literary-agents.html" target="_blank">The Literary Agents, who are hosting a Zoom meeting</a> at 10:30 am EST on Friday, January 6.</li></ul><br /><br /></div><div>That sums up our list. Do you have tips as well, dear readers? Please leave them in a comment below or drop us a line and let us know what your secrets are so we can all be beneficiaries.<br /><br /><br /><div style="font-family: "times new roman"; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">--</div></div>

Tips for Making the Most of the BSI Weekend

"Let me have the straight tip and you won't be a loser" [SILV] With the BSI Weekend coming up, we thought it might be helpf...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 254: The Life and Times of Sherlock Holmes

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“a strange and wild life” [STUD]  </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/AVvXsEg35hjjnokD-50LcAyQHmdFp_EUCRDIRcpeTHxMVdcoLWB0GBb7669nwiR3-z1yVdJ5LUVoVe2mX5TXCQC1fOPRFvLg1y2YyyjwoIQahybTM_ohmOKxuJugSl4itQ-strLgmu7nFfpS6kLdXiQkQGsIPEjD9x-oDt0A-finB_kFNDHIWcbi4gIIhJZPNQ/s1000/ihearofsherlock254%20widescreen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="772" data-original-width="1000" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg35hjjnokD-50LcAyQHmdFp_EUCRDIRcpeTHxMVdcoLWB0GBb7669nwiR3-z1yVdJ5LUVoVe2mX5TXCQC1fOPRFvLg1y2YyyjwoIQahybTM_ohmOKxuJugSl4itQ-strLgmu7nFfpS6kLdXiQkQGsIPEjD9x-oDt0A-finB_kFNDHIWcbi4gIIhJZPNQ/w640-h494/ihearofsherlock254%20widescreen.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div><p>How often have you come across a phrase in the Sherlock Holmes stories that you're not familiar with? 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Episode 254: The Life and Times of Sherlock Holmes

“a strange and wild life” [STUD] How often have you come across a phrase in the Sherlock Holmes stories that you're not familiar with?...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – Here and Now or Hereafter

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“singularly spiritual” [SIGN] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0XUd5IqJEbJLSiRucdeWoh7Lj6Y6MwZszexoQhFCvYqwL2Z7bra9zvTf-P6fvnQnafnMp0KEEtw-dTzgQ83lGMfgO7GwujVsEOIfcQ8LSkrdY2YY-FSbPqOZpNDTPtqfUBztjy_0t3h9xqwzH9bFkDzxQqn4uU5-R7Vyh7rLUtG2pVsJK5fHXOZEsMQ/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20145.1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0XUd5IqJEbJLSiRucdeWoh7Lj6Y6MwZszexoQhFCvYqwL2Z7bra9zvTf-P6fvnQnafnMp0KEEtw-dTzgQ83lGMfgO7GwujVsEOIfcQ8LSkrdY2YY-FSbPqOZpNDTPtqfUBztjy_0t3h9xqwzH9bFkDzxQqn4uU5-R7Vyh7rLUtG2pVsJK5fHXOZEsMQ/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20145.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We've previously written about <a href="https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2021/01/baker-street-elementary-holy-cow.html#.Y5V8aHZKg1I" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes and religion</a>. But let's look at it from a slightly different perspective today.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Sherlock Holmes's creator (or Watson's literary agent, if you will) Arthur Conan Doyle was a sincere and wholehearted believer in spiritualism. A fact that has always seemed at odds with the most ratiocinative detectives in history.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Coupled with Conan Doyle's friendship with legendary illusionist and escape artist Harry Houdini, it's a convoluted calculation. But, as Vincent Starrett wrote, "only those things the heart believes are true."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">At Baker Street Elementary, the boys are testing the limits of their believe in the afterworld...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><i>RELATED:</i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://ihose.co/ihose176" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">An interview with Christopher Sandford</a> about <i><a href="https://amzn.to/2QaoJF7" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Man Who Would be Sherlock</a></i>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="166" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/681467384&color=2879af" width="100%"></iframe><div style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Interstate, "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", "Lucida Sans", Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; 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Baker Street Elementary – Here and Now or Hereafter

“singularly spiritual” [SIGN] We've previously written about Sherlock Holmes and religion . But let's look at it from a slightly di...

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by Scott Monty

Free Sherlock Holmes Stories Online

<h4 style="text-align: center;"> "therefore as free as air [STUD]"</h4><p></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/a/AVvXsEgnWKsXbHswUJMnKfXCw0oM0NiudqqIKdvSZlS0BwWRWrUm2lhnG_gV-ibvUo1C4dQoszL_WEYUVtLRr2vdJF_IBRf0BEKbtKBjxh74PzYTr1auTl4Pg39QFOHYonRyM_weNIboFr-sFVMIoKibJ0BcMycvoYaZFx8M2h9MvdC3ThitzIaPkY_hmNXegQ" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="923" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgnWKsXbHswUJMnKfXCw0oM0NiudqqIKdvSZlS0BwWRWrUm2lhnG_gV-ibvUo1C4dQoszL_WEYUVtLRr2vdJF_IBRf0BEKbtKBjxh74PzYTr1auTl4Pg39QFOHYonRyM_weNIboFr-sFVMIoKibJ0BcMycvoYaZFx8M2h9MvdC3ThitzIaPkY_hmNXegQ=w640-h424" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Image credit: <a href="https://about.me/paulelgood" target="_blank">Paul Elgood</a></span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://linktr.ee/freesherlock" target="_blank">Free Sherlock</a> has a goal: to get more people reading, watching, and writing about Sherlock Holmes.<p></p><p>To support that goal, the group gives away free Sherlock Holmes books to young people in the UK — but even if you're no longer under 18 — or not even in the UK — you can read one of the short stories they've <a href="https://linktr.ee/freesherlock" target="_blank">made available online</a>.  </p><p>Written by <a href="https://mkwisemanauthor.com" target="_blank">M.K. Wiseman</a>, there are now four: </p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>"<b>The Case of Vittoria the Circus Belle</b>," in which Holmes and Watson pretend to be each other to a client, a circus performer seeking a missing colleague</li><li>"<b>The Adventure of the Haunted Man</b>" takes the two friends to Edinburgh to solve some holiday murders, combined with a ghost story for Christmas</li><li>"<b>The Case of the Inconstant Burglar</b>," brought by a landlady with a suspicious tenant and some missing jewelry</li><li>"<b>The Adventure of the Thimblerigged Ship</b>" sees Holmes undercover on a boat when a young woman is found to be missing, believed to have gone overboard</li></ul><p></p><p>Wiseman's uncommon structure is to feature Holmes as the narrator; her two Sherlock Holmes novels take the same approach. The first, <i><a href="https://amzn.to/3XYfM0x" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes & the Ripper of Whitechapel</a></i>, requires that technique, as Holmes suspects his dear friend, Dr. John Watson, of the crimes. (It also has the unique perspective of removing fascination with the villain by giving him less focus than in many other stories of Jack the Ripper; instead, the victims are treated as more important than their killer, a welcome rebalancing.) </p><p><i><a href="https://amzn.to/3F9Ahip" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sherlock Holmes & the Singular Affair</a></i>, released last year, tackles the canon-mentioned case of the Aluminium Crutch, with assistance from Langdale Pike. Holmes assists a young woman who insists that someone is impersonating her fiancé in a story from before he'd met Watson. </p><p><br /></p><p>Free Sherlock also gives small grants to schools, libraries and book clubs to buy books or to support other associated activities. They support new Sherlockian writing and theater, with over 1,000 people benefitting since their launch.</p><p>Enjoy these stories knowing that they're in support of the mission of Free Sherlock. </p><p><br /></p>

Free Sherlock Holmes Stories Online

"therefore as free as air [STUD]" Image credit: Paul Elgood Free Sherlock has a goal: to get more people reading, watching, and ...

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by Johanna Draper Carlson

Episode 253: My Scientific Methods

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“duly considered and scientifically handled” [HOUN]  </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/AVvXsEjxZaOs3LOAe0j3IoVi5uBLwNGRvkZuPlm6Rm92MlhWb5pyY07rUWfOTGEdzpwN9Lf0U379qB9bN67kEbh7fsC4U9bkVbWWqk7ZaAVViyl_H7GFubuSVfV9MRltMw7orJiRwd59mAAQT-8skZcFJ4YRHuLseSXheUzsTxB7XoRVPYRtA66DaCPkeKbJSg/s1800/ihearofsherlock%20403.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxZaOs3LOAe0j3IoVi5uBLwNGRvkZuPlm6Rm92MlhWb5pyY07rUWfOTGEdzpwN9Lf0U379qB9bN67kEbh7fsC4U9bkVbWWqk7ZaAVViyl_H7GFubuSVfV9MRltMw7orJiRwd59mAAQT-8skZcFJ4YRHuLseSXheUzsTxB7XoRVPYRtA66DaCPkeKbJSg/w640-h480/ihearofsherlock%20403.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><p>The Baker Street Irregulars Press follows the success of its Professions Series (previous titles covered medicine, the law, the military, and education) continues with <i>My Scientific Methods: Scient in the Sherlockian Canon</i>.</p><p>The editor, Dana Richards, BSI ("The Priory School") shares with us not only his interest in puzzles and the science behind them, but also the story that led to the creation of this excellent addition to the series.</p><p>From the history of science in Victorian times, to the question of Sherlock Holmes as a scientist, to a wide variety of sciences and the connection of science and literature, there is much which every reader will find of interest in this volume and in this conversation.</p><p>If you try your hand at the <b>Canonical Couplet</b> (we give you two lines of poetry, you identify the Sherlock Holmes story), your correct answer could be randomly chosen to win a copy of <i>My Scientific Methods</i> from the BSI Press.</p><p>Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by December 14, 2022 at 11:59 a.m. EST. 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Episode 253: My Scientific Methods

“duly considered and scientifically handled” [HOUN] The Baker Street Irregulars Press follows the success of its Professions Series (previ...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – Picture This

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“Your pictures are not unlike you” [3GAR] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07SN__aS_h2vBxsoDSDvXi3w8q399oGTvpc1Xm4rVKp33SalxLnqQwEDiv6Yd9-t2_5ofk1WdzfG9mc-K-_ryITau_yp9uUX9L6pa3GkVDaidkoCgg0UXDT4AmgZVyyS7lu40vm36heWHnvlKTCxVCyjUrrMXikes486vE8Vd9xmjauiSRCZ4xQQK8A/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20144.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh07SN__aS_h2vBxsoDSDvXi3w8q399oGTvpc1Xm4rVKp33SalxLnqQwEDiv6Yd9-t2_5ofk1WdzfG9mc-K-_ryITau_yp9uUX9L6pa3GkVDaidkoCgg0UXDT4AmgZVyyS7lu40vm36heWHnvlKTCxVCyjUrrMXikes486vE8Vd9xmjauiSRCZ4xQQK8A/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20144.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Who among us doesn't change over the years? Certainly in appearance, and hopefully in intellect as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We're shaped by the world around us, the people with whom we interact, the programs we consume, and the books we read.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">For those of us who like to return to the same books over and over again, when we do so, we notice a transformation that was so eloquently observed by Clifton Fadiman:</div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before.”</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And isn't that why we reread the Sherlock Holmes canon? The same characters, the same plots, the same settings are all there. Sherlock Holmes and his habits, methods, and philosophy all remain constant.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">As we enjoy rereading the Canon at different stages in our lives, our personal growth makes us more aware of things in the stories and in ourselves.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Already at Baker Street Elementary, the boys are beginning to notice some changes afoot...</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikBpOPSxQL_WVUV158HeaEqTb_SSZkH8bQOYHru10LwmmfS8tZvcMpNxWEUP5z8kW42GWLwxYD4C39dBJl3co8_yfrp6MNEEa9_wGpS2hyx-P6WEI94BPo3OxoxDnBs84ygXTdpQQdAh_54YmQ6LdTjFe03XYNE82A5vdZam2sg1skpbQXmy5yfG_uxA/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20144.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikBpOPSxQL_WVUV158HeaEqTb_SSZkH8bQOYHru10LwmmfS8tZvcMpNxWEUP5z8kW42GWLwxYD4C39dBJl3co8_yfrp6MNEEa9_wGpS2hyx-P6WEI94BPo3OxoxDnBs84ygXTdpQQdAh_54YmQ6LdTjFe03XYNE82A5vdZam2sg1skpbQXmy5yfG_uxA/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20144.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtFvIaZBBSTMiPmpnvSY1zN47wBTKyDSv6SZ6SDm-hk8Md_Sne07v-oTXM2WbXuaiqwDH5Uc4MTCX3du451MOAseOJzcmOXtBK19F5RYwBKVjnzN2kWXP_8hZUYm6FSd34vGtgaf9f_jUZG6w0tnCONlVl-QAHroEKJ71OR8H1Uaz4YT8lNA8xjdGjlg/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20144.3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtFvIaZBBSTMiPmpnvSY1zN47wBTKyDSv6SZ6SDm-hk8Md_Sne07v-oTXM2WbXuaiqwDH5Uc4MTCX3du451MOAseOJzcmOXtBK19F5RYwBKVjnzN2kWXP_8hZUYm6FSd34vGtgaf9f_jUZG6w0tnCONlVl-QAHroEKJ71OR8H1Uaz4YT8lNA8xjdGjlg/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20144.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXKy_CLCg-MtvKuq0NmN9NktY7UIUAju_hUzyeJOHYeQEClxZVfoXE6QlC0uKaVfVVr_--w_HssOJPXkDIhzBvupC_i6dvUeniudLJjOfRwjZtP_Oh4iStDiaCymjJkuJSOque4qEK48a_LPGKeC9NqA6WvEreheUB2OMAeKJ6f8jR8Iob7I52yUIG8w/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20144.4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXKy_CLCg-MtvKuq0NmN9NktY7UIUAju_hUzyeJOHYeQEClxZVfoXE6QlC0uKaVfVVr_--w_HssOJPXkDIhzBvupC_i6dvUeniudLJjOfRwjZtP_Oh4iStDiaCymjJkuJSOque4qEK48a_LPGKeC9NqA6WvEreheUB2OMAeKJ6f8jR8Iob7I52yUIG8w/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20144.4.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAIs0npg6fZmm7XZTAkGGhQgc0VsXz9sYB85oskIJMOOj2jflVezkTvjjhpFlMDyOhibe5XeSbtUQNb3k5RsL6E_ZmXLhQIng_tBarJCt25hEfwShTd06D8tIhC-a9ALoXYnJRqxTcQWbh0Gwh2-aOZonu9jeWfd-wSOrMS-kh-C-uSp4ZuydaPezQjw/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20144.5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAIs0npg6fZmm7XZTAkGGhQgc0VsXz9sYB85oskIJMOOj2jflVezkTvjjhpFlMDyOhibe5XeSbtUQNb3k5RsL6E_ZmXLhQIng_tBarJCt25hEfwShTd06D8tIhC-a9ALoXYnJRqxTcQWbh0Gwh2-aOZonu9jeWfd-wSOrMS-kh-C-uSp4ZuydaPezQjw/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20144.5.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></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 </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><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><br />--</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

Baker Street Elementary – Picture This

“Your pictures are not unlike you” [3GAR] Who among us doesn't change over the years? Certainly in appearance, and hopefully in intelle...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 252: The Devil's Blaze

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“You can go to blazes!” [3STU]  </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/AVvXsEj4Wpzoq6olnFN3P7Tc3hinJQTzWnZJaIyTjHQKowCEgp-c_nLpb2YY9VQyeoZMRx_AtB2FmtwiYdGmzlJM9-S1estRX_XexJG0dgak96GcoTZZXgnD2mKTxKdtwyzPZXEN_mCu_jUwHrk-jTZjVQOTlqzA7E2CZVvRrsMORxHMD-0u9cwsIS0GfAvzqA/s1355/Devils%20Blaze%20cover.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1157" data-original-width="1355" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Wpzoq6olnFN3P7Tc3hinJQTzWnZJaIyTjHQKowCEgp-c_nLpb2YY9VQyeoZMRx_AtB2FmtwiYdGmzlJM9-S1estRX_XexJG0dgak96GcoTZZXgnD2mKTxKdtwyzPZXEN_mCu_jUwHrk-jTZjVQOTlqzA7E2CZVvRrsMORxHMD-0u9cwsIS0GfAvzqA/w640-h546/Devils%20Blaze%20cover.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div><p>The Devil's Blaze: Sherlock Holmes 1943 is the follow-up novel to Robert J. Harris' highly-acclaimed first novel, A Study in Crimson: Sherlock Holmes 1942.</p><p>Fans of the Basil Rathbone / Nigel Bruce films will recognize the setting, as Holmes and Watson are in wartime London and prominent figures in science and the military are bursting into flame and being incinerated.</p><p>Author Bob Harris joins us in this episode to talk about his inspiration for this very different approach to writing continued adventures of Sherlock Holmes.</p><p>If you try your hand at the <b>Canonical Couplet</b> (we give you two lines of poetry, you identify the Sherlock Holmes story), your correct answer could be randomly chosen to win a copy of Bob's book.</p><p>Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by November 29, 2022 at 11:59 a.m. EST. The winner will be chosen at random from among all the correct answers. 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Episode 252: The Devil's Blaze

“You can go to blazes!” [3STU] The Devil's Blaze: Sherlock Holmes 1943 is the follow-up novel to Robert J. Harris' highly-acclaime...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – We Can But Try

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“the motto of the firm” [CREE] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNIzBM54WXt9_B7bCRmMDiDd-pEqGLDfD4ibca57X2BUmCRI8XhSfUuvI6op314nyX3gvRF5cpPMA4bOL_4BQpsLa1ZI8KFRNMPi6X86BR8KPzolTM1tZ7oZp6EfN7r3oICsLQSeWhkTGYBn6yVUNynIWgcc4lbqIvdgpzbvpYl9A08LTArnkIJtxzkA/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20143.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNIzBM54WXt9_B7bCRmMDiDd-pEqGLDfD4ibca57X2BUmCRI8XhSfUuvI6op314nyX3gvRF5cpPMA4bOL_4BQpsLa1ZI8KFRNMPi6X86BR8KPzolTM1tZ7oZp6EfN7r3oICsLQSeWhkTGYBn6yVUNynIWgcc4lbqIvdgpzbvpYl9A08LTArnkIJtxzkA/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20143.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">One of the wonders of the attraction of Sherlock Holmes is that we stand (or sit, as the case may be) in amazement at his abilities.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">While we may never have the same skill at ratiocination and logical conclusions, we would at least hope to be able to exercise the same kind of judgment or justice that Holmes did. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">As Edgar W. Smith wrote in his essay "The Implicit Holmes,"</div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">"For it is not Sherlock Holmes who sits in Baker Street, comfortable, competent, and self-assured; it is we ourselves who are there, full of a tre-mendous capacity for wisdom, complacent in the presence of our humble Watson, conscious of a warm well-being and a timeless, imperishable content. The easy chair in the room is drawn up to the hearthstone of our very hearts — it is <i>our </i>tobacco in the Persian slipper, and <i>our </i>violin lying so carelessly across the knee — it is <i>we </i>who hear the pounding on the stairs and the knock upon the door." </div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">While we like to picture ourselves in Holmes's shoes — in the sitting room at Baker Street or out on the moor pursuing the Hound — the opposite is closer to the truth: we like to think of Holmes in our shoes.</div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">"That is the Sherlock Holmes we love–the Holmes implicit and eternal in ourselves."</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Let's see how it's playing out at Baker Street Elementary...</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVI_8kezerOOi__AGaxyeV1kL7LdWcvn1FlYGCp_9p3B-FgniMlzUw8e1TEfjnk5hFbD4L6r-MT2Hl1DUZYZbl8TUU1vSXOZPZ2-GyRBLJYzO5ma9yfXdSsBShsEYsDCM6aEyt4wkNGTyqphMjG3UNuLWjfTNFW6ESp2TLaoCFRuv8vIsbRYmInXuftQ/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20143.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVI_8kezerOOi__AGaxyeV1kL7LdWcvn1FlYGCp_9p3B-FgniMlzUw8e1TEfjnk5hFbD4L6r-MT2Hl1DUZYZbl8TUU1vSXOZPZ2-GyRBLJYzO5ma9yfXdSsBShsEYsDCM6aEyt4wkNGTyqphMjG3UNuLWjfTNFW6ESp2TLaoCFRuv8vIsbRYmInXuftQ/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20143.2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigSRbbmViyVgrmu13hQxLi8AU6nwonsMQSkYhJMnBTnEqy3hs-QfZQs5QMVOGcc2jFbzOLgjTPwLnSG0XRO-2yQp94IknlLBuwWkkDvNHkAQayC8GmW-II4N-7BIa30ZlpIg88wK4J4ub4q7oF5KSCB9vH3Q5HYDlzgIy1Vv_nGO2S7_A-yY-flwwFlg/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20143.3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigSRbbmViyVgrmu13hQxLi8AU6nwonsMQSkYhJMnBTnEqy3hs-QfZQs5QMVOGcc2jFbzOLgjTPwLnSG0XRO-2yQp94IknlLBuwWkkDvNHkAQayC8GmW-II4N-7BIa30ZlpIg88wK4J4ub4q7oF5KSCB9vH3Q5HYDlzgIy1Vv_nGO2S7_A-yY-flwwFlg/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20143.3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Ju_85iYBQGb5Y602TyOswZoQHiAt2EzTfSWemMNXmBfNot8eGVvb3vNytJ4pUudtL9HbFQJuCihaIv3SlOVEeTu0IpYFncmynPTMuzJXBihhZsr-Pp-v1-IkFhSCBBAa3mk7Z5DSYv3L-Yp9S-R7tHnBmK_omQdEkJkrfS8QvjMgYgaY46hTTaif2Q/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20143.4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Ju_85iYBQGb5Y602TyOswZoQHiAt2EzTfSWemMNXmBfNot8eGVvb3vNytJ4pUudtL9HbFQJuCihaIv3SlOVEeTu0IpYFncmynPTMuzJXBihhZsr-Pp-v1-IkFhSCBBAa3mk7Z5DSYv3L-Yp9S-R7tHnBmK_omQdEkJkrfS8QvjMgYgaY46hTTaif2Q/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20143.4.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 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></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 </span><a href="http://www.bakerstreetelementary.org/" style="background-color: white; color: #006f85; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">www.bakerstreetelementary.org</a><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><br />--</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>

Baker Street Elementary – We Can But Try

“the motto of the firm” [CREE] One of the wonders of the attraction of Sherlock Holmes is that we stand (or sit, as the case may be) in ama...

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by Scott Monty

Episode 251: What Child Is This?

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“a child has done the horrid thing” [SIGN]  </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/AVvXsEghMhoeK_oeYvylHVFx1is8vwPoyRfYr0nYpERYo_EQ89PAZSsc-ItysRClqdwMxSXSBUvLk1dtW1zGa3rIIQrXjzy-K7i8lg11a-HOxQmNCkRSNDJd-YKB_RQSyem568xEEnk4OQPOAtta29DTU-pZ73FbjuJN653MEcmD6AmH9Hi-B0rK30cd9M2esA/s1496/Header.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1248" data-original-width="1496" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghMhoeK_oeYvylHVFx1is8vwPoyRfYr0nYpERYo_EQ89PAZSsc-ItysRClqdwMxSXSBUvLk1dtW1zGa3rIIQrXjzy-K7i8lg11a-HOxQmNCkRSNDJd-YKB_RQSyem568xEEnk4OQPOAtta29DTU-pZ73FbjuJN653MEcmD6AmH9Hi-B0rK30cd9M2esA/w640-h534/Header.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><div><p>Bonnie MacBird, BSI ("Art In the Blood") is back with her fifth Sherlock Holmes novel.</p><p>This time, we're treated to a Christmas tale in <i>What Child Is This?</i>, where we encounter a kidnapped three-year-old and a missing son of an aristocrat, with Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and Heffie O'Malley at the center of it call.</p><p>Bonnie shares her writing process with us, discusses how it changed during the pandemic, and what it was like collaborating with artist Frank Cho, BSI ("The Duke of Balmoral") on the heroic illustrations he provided for the book.</p><p><br /></p><p>Join us for the <b>Canonical Couplet</b>: two lines of poetry that signify a Sherlock Holmes story. 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Episode 251: What Child Is This?

“a child has done the horrid thing” [SIGN] Bonnie MacBird, BSI ("Art In the Blood") is back with her fifth Sherlock Holmes novel...

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by Scott Monty

Baker Street Elementary – Hook, Line, and Sinker

<h4 style="text-align: center;">“remarkably good fishing” [GLOR] </h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMm6tq1osL_OJRCP4u_stI3zLsNcDu_jf57A1PQ4MUsXXfAQv0PFjgoveQRiXqa521492lWZAa3H6XVo9QKE8cV4z3eUW4mc_8xc67mf5BO27pl8UumRodlNAs1KRfXh17C4MziRA7imHW2iancvzvRLf39-o6O3jaYSQCEAqXl2bwVO7c3LuFVT4WQ/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20142.1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHMm6tq1osL_OJRCP4u_stI3zLsNcDu_jf57A1PQ4MUsXXfAQv0PFjgoveQRiXqa521492lWZAa3H6XVo9QKE8cV4z3eUW4mc_8xc67mf5BO27pl8UumRodlNAs1KRfXh17C4MziRA7imHW2iancvzvRLf39-o6O3jaYSQCEAqXl2bwVO7c3LuFVT4WQ/w640-h480/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20142.1.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">While we give Sherlock Holmes much credit for his acumen with sporting activities that are physically involved—boxing, single-stick, bicycle riding—there is one area that deserves more attention.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">His ability with the rod and reel. That is, fishing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">We should have been tipped off early on, as in "The <i>Gloria Scott</i>," as he notes all that Trevor's estate offered:</div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">There was excellent wild-duck shooting in the fens, <i>remarkably good fishing</i>, a small but select library, taken over, as I understood, from a former occupant, and a tolerable cook, so that he would be a fastidious man who could not put in a pleasant month there. </div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And toward the end of the Canon, in "Shoscombe Old Place," we find Holmes using fishing as an excuse to get near the hall:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">“Is there good fishing in that part of Berkshire?”<br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The honest trainer showed very clearly upon his face that he was convinced that yet another lunatic had come into his harassed life.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br />“Well, sir, I’ve heard there are trout in the millstream and pike in the Hall lake.”</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br />“That’s good enough. Watson and I are famous fishermen—are we not, Watson?”</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It's one thing to claim to be a good fisherman; it's quite another to prove it. Holmes knew that any disguise or alias was only as good as the proof points that supported it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Which leads us to conclude that if he were to maintain this ruse, he must have been able to produce the goods to make his fish tale a believable one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Maybe he got his start with hooks and lines by playing hooky at Baker Street Elementary...</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><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/AVvXsEjLvEZd-kvA9fDBJ1YbgFvfnG2nCIwd96eWtZsYyPLSvtwD2js799uIG5EFNCGbOgps_lonOaa-B0SCjfx6nskUuVOJK99NJbMuJRApY2ZUliUfs3_TayUxZVgnmepxKbjBQEkecDoM_R0PZ0Vru-mDgNOq1oTZIdurw2yZwqH4gCFDyQgSIAltX9jrCA/s768/Baker%20Street%20Elementary%20142.2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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