The Lion’s Mane: Perspective

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Title: The Lion’s Mane: Perspective
Author: gardnerhill               
Word Count: 60
Rating: G
Warning: None
Summary: Sussex isn’t the nice peaceful retirement site you’d think it should be.
                                                                                       
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I sought a quiet place to retire after a long and adventuresome life. This secluded cove seemed a perfect place.

But the local neighbors intruded on my new home, even bothering me when I was trying to dine.

I’d made up my mind to move out at the next high tide when the land-monsters came back.

I’d only wanted peace.

The Lion's Mane: Want of Backbone

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Story: The Lion’s Mane

Rating: Gen

Summary: One spineless creature consults another.

“‘A rowing blue? Just stops by uninvited, eh?’ And I said, ‘Yes.’ Then he said, ‘Find London gloomy now, do you?’ and I said, ‘Yes.’ ‘The house’s lonely?’ And I said, ‘Yes.’ And then he said, ‘Well whose fault is that?!’ and disengaged the line. What do you think?”

He peered into the tidal pool.

“The bees were less reticent.”

Canon Discussion: The Lion's Mane

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This week we’re having a look at The Lion’s Mane. I’ve typed up a few thoughts and questions to get the discussion going—please leave your own ideas in the comments!

( Discussion continues... )

Mrs. Hudson's Poetry Page: The Lion's Mane

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Welcome once again to my poetry page!

I hope each week you will read Dr. Watson’s delightful narrative (though this week, we once again have an offering from Mr. Holmes) and then be inspired to write a poem related to it in some way. All forms of poetry are permitted, and further down the page there is a selection you might like to consider using over the coming weeks.

This week my featured form is the haiku.

( Definition and Example )

As always, this is simply something to consider for the future. Any form of poetry is welcome this week—and every week! Here are a few suggestions for you:

221B verselet, abecedarian poetry, acrostic poetry, alexandrine, ballad, beeswing, blackout poetry, blues stanza, bref double, Burns stanza, call and response, chastushka, cinquain, circular poetry, clerihew, colour poems, concrete poetry, Cornish verse, curtal sonnet, diamante, doggerel, double dactyl, ekphrasis, elegiac couplet, elegiac stanza, elfje, englyn, epigram, epitaph, epulaeryu, Etheree, fable, found poetry, ghazal, haiku, Italian sonnet, jueju, kennings poem, lanturne, limerick, lyric poetry, mathnawī, mini-monoverse, palindrome poetry, pantoum, Parallelismus Membrorum, poem cycle, quintilla, renga, riddle, rime couée, Schüttelreim, sedoka, septet, sestina, sonnet, tanka, tercet, terza rima, tongue twister poetry, triangular triplet, triolet, Tyburn, villanelle


Please leave all your poems inspired by The Lion’s Mane in the comments on this post. I look forward to seeing them!


Warm regards,

Mrs. Hudson

The Lion's Mane: Pick-Me-Up

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Canon Story: The Lion's Mane
Title: Pick-Me-Up
Author: scfrankles
Rating: G
Author's Notes: More and more brandy was poured down his throat, each fresh dose bringing him back to life.


The pretty girl considered the slip of paper and got to work.

Orange slices… a tablespoon of sugar… Sherry and crushed ice… Shake well and strain into a glass…

“There you go!”

She added a straw and placed the cocktail carefully before Mrs. Hudson.

Mrs. Hudson raised an eyebrow. “Are you sure this is going to cure my lumbago, nurse..?”


A/N: An interesting blog post: What did the Victorians drink? A guide to boozing in the 1800s

The Lion's Mane: Educational Advertisement

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Canon Story: The Lion's Mane
Title: Educational Advertisement (as featured in the Marylebone Illustrated)
Author:thesmallhobbit
Rating: G

The Gables is a first class coaching establishment for the sons of gentlemen wishing to enter the professions.  The proprietor, Harold Stackhurst, a former well-known rowing blue, is ably supported by several excellent masters who specialise in a wide range of subjects.  The location of the school is ideal, being situated on the Sussex Downs, not far from the coast.

Lion's Mane: Omnivorous Reader

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Title: Omnivorous Reader
Canon Story: The Lion's Mane
Author: godsdaisiechain
Rating: G
Summary: Watson's secret involvements
Credits: Drawings by Alexander Agassiz, describer of the lion's mane for the Harvard natural history museum.
( jelly-fishy goodness )