Each year we provide an essay topic in a special birthday edition of the Muse distributed at the BSI dinner and the Gaslight Gala, as well as in the last issue of the Muse. The Assignment Write a sonnet about a Canonical case or character, in the style of Starrett’s “221B.” Birthday Challenge Winners This year’s winner was […]
Melinda Caric, ASH for “An Open Apology to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.” The Serpentine Muse Vol. 28, No 3, 2012, pp 14-15. AN OPEN APOLOGY TO SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE by Melinda Caric First, I’d like to apologize on behalf of all of your fans, going as far back as Sidney Paget, for making Holmes […]
October 20, 2012—Forty-three ASH and friends gathered at Moran’s restaurant for the Autumn Luncheon. The traditional toasts were given: Mickey Fromkin to Victoria Regina, Alexian Gregory to Irene Adler, Jacquelynn Morris to Sherlock Holmes, Christopher Zordan to John H. Watson, Marina Stajic to Arthur Conan Doyle, and Marilynne McKay to Friendship. Maggie Schnader discussed “The […]
Forty-seven ASH and friends attended the May 12 luncheon at the Black Duck Restaurant in Manhattan. The toasts were as follows: Victoria Regina—Mickey Fromkin, Irene Adler—Debbie Clark; Sherlock Holmes—Gordon Bitler (in collaboration with Linda Anderson and Paula Perry), John Watson—Matt Laffey, Conan Doyle—Melinda Caric, and Friendship—Michael Meer. Susan Rice and Kate Karlson’s talks appear in […]
ASH played a prominent role throughout the weekend, which began with the traditional ASH Wednesday gathering at O’Casey’s attended by over 50 enthusiastic Sherlockians. The next morning Doré Nash co-hosted the Morley walk with Jim Cox. On Friday, the Gillette luncheon was hosted by Susan Rice in conjunction with Mickey Fromkin. The entertainment included a […]
Each year we provide an essay topic in a special birthday edition of the Muse which is distributed at the BSI dinner and the Gaslight Gala. This year we also published the Challenge in the Winter issue of the Muse. The Assignment The current BBC rendition of Sherlock Holmes catapults the Master and Watson into the 21st century […]
Karen Murdock for “Do You Write Like Arthur Conan Doyle?” The Serpentine Muse Vol. 27, No 4, 2011, pp 16-17. DO YOU WRITE LIKE ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE? by Karen Murdock It’s a bad combination—the seduction of new technology and the warm inner glow of egotism. Taken together, they can make the common sense you were […]
November 20, 2011—67 ASH and friends gathered at Moran’s Restaurant for the Autumn Luncheon. The program began with congratulations to our newlyweds, ASHes Susan Rice and Mickey Fromkin, and the announcement of our new ASH. The traditional toasts were by Mickey Fromkin to Victoria Regina, Bob Katz to Irene Adler, Marilynne McKay to Sherlock Holmes, […]
The Serpentine Muse Vol 27, No. 4, 2011, pp 16-17. by Karen Murdock It’s a bad combination—the seduction of new technology and the warm inner glow of egotism. Taken together, they can make the common sense you were born with get up and leave the room. Take the hot new internet website, “I Write Like” (IWL.me). […]
On May 15, thirty-five ASH and friends gathered at the Black Duck restaurant. The traditional toasts were given: Mickey Fromkin to Queen Victoria, Joanne Zahorsky-Reeves to Irene Adler, Edwin Van der Flaes to Sherlock Holmes, Harrison and Linda Hunt to John H. Watson, Peter Crupe to Arthur Conan Doyle, and Becky Robare to Friendship. The […]