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This week we are reading The Adventure of the Lion's Mane.

A quick summary (I had so little time this week, but I did manage to read it with everyone this time!)

Holmes is in retirement and thoroughly enjoying it. However, he seems to never be far from solving crimes. One morning while out on a walk, a friend of his who usually goes for a morning swim staggers up the cliff and collapses -- dead!

He has a note in his pocket for an assignation, but the trail goes cold when the meeting is for the evening. Notably, however, there was a competition for the affections of the lady in question.

Both the murdered man and his competition worked for a man who assured Holmes that despite past troubles, they were good friends. Still, the local police go out to arrest the man for the murder.

But soon after, the accused staggers in with the same wounds as the murdered man -- Holmes rushes to the scene of the crime and discovers a jelly fish far from home. A jelly fish which easily kills men.

So no murder -- just a simple case of mistaken trails.

Thoughts?
[identity profile] mafief.livejournal.com
Canon Story: The Lion’s Mane
Title: Another Theory
Author: Mafief
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Summary: It wasn’t the jellyfish.

Reeling in pain from jellyfish stings, McPherson dragged himself out of the pool. He grabbed his towel, but immediately dropped it – a stinger was embedded in his hand.

The investigators killed a non-deadly jellyfish whose crime was to be in the wrong place.

It was a sting that killed him, but it was a reaction from a tiny, unnoticed bee.
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This week we are reading The Adventure of the Lion's Mane.

A quick summary (I had so little time this week, but I did manage to read it with everyone this time!)

Holmes is in retirement and thoroughly enjoying it. However, he seems to never be far from solving crimes. One morning while out on a walk, a friend of his who usually goes for a morning swim staggers up the cliff and collapses -- dead!

He has a note in his pocket for an assignation, but the trail goes cold when the meeting is for the evening. Notably, however, there was a competition for the affections of the lady in question.

Both the murdered man and his competition worked for a man who assured Holmes that despite past troubles, they were good friends. Still, the local police go out to arrest the man for the murder.

But soon after, the accused staggers in with the same wounds as the murdered man -- Holmes rushes to the scene of the crime and discovers a jelly fish far from home. A jelly fish which easily kills men.

So no murder -- just a simple case of mistaken trails.

Thoughts?
[identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com
Canon Story: The Lion's Mane
Title: For A Bet
Author:thesmallhobbit
Rating: PG

“Watson, your latest story in the Strand is ridiculous.”

“Sorry, Holmes.  Lestrade had bet me I couldn’t write a tale with a jellyfish in it, and I had to prove him wrong”

“I hope your winnings were worth it.”

“Oh they were; they certainly were.”

Watson put the telephone receiver down and looked at Lestrade, who smirked back at him.
 
[identity profile] gardnerhill.livejournal.com
Title: The Lion’s Mane: Best of Helpmates and Best of Men
Author: gardnerhill                        
Word Count: 60                     
Rating: G
Warning: None.
Summary:  Watson comes for one of his weekend visits.

***

“I read your ‘Lion’s Mane’ in the Strand.”

Writing It had been excruciating – and I knew it was not half as good as Watson’s lesser accounts. After years of my castigating him for his writing style…

He tapped my beer glass with his own. “It’s such hard work getting the words down just right, isn’t it?”

I’ve never deserved Watson.
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Canon Story: The Lion's Mane
Title: Sorrow (the serialisation of the Private Journal of Dr Watson)
Author:thesmallhobbit
Rating: PG
Warning for canon character death.

I have accepted Holmes invitation to spend a weekend at his cottage.  It was tactfully made, for he understands my grief.  It will be a relief to speak freely of my loss, in a way I dare not generally do.  For when I lost Mary I could mourn openly, this loss, equal in pain, must be kept within my heart.

 
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[identity profile] scfrankles.livejournal.com
Canon Story: The Lion's Mane
Title: Outlandish Blood
Author: [livejournal.com profile] scfrankles
Rating: G
Author's Notes: ...there was some strange outlandish blood in the man, which showed itself not only in his coal-black eyes and swarthy face but also in occasional outbreaks of temper, which could only be described as ferocious…


“I’m sure Mr. Holmes did not mean to be offensive,” said Stackhurst cautiously.

Murdoch set the Strand aside and rolled his eyes.

“I had believed my temper was my own flaw that I alone must take responsibility for...”

He chuckled.

“But it seems my poor, gentle grandfather has a lot more to answer for than my eyes and my abilities.”
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Welcome once again to my poetry page!

I hope each week you will read Dr. Watson’s delightful narrative and then go on 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.

And here, courtesy of my housemaid Rachel, is this week’s suggested poem to read—a suggestion inspired by the themes and subjects in this week's story. Hopefully you will enjoy the poem, and perhaps it may give you some ideas for a poem of your own or allow you to look at Dr. Watson's story in a new way.



Part 1 of "Voyages," by Hart Crane:

Above the fresh ruffles of the surf
Bright striped urchins flay each other with sand.
They have contrived a conquest for shell shucks,
And their fingers crumble fragments of baked weed
Gaily digging and scattering.

And in answer to their treble interjections
The sun beats lightning on the waves,
The waves fold thunder on the sand;
And could they hear me I would tell them:

O brilliant kids, frisk with your dog,
Fondle your shells and sticks, bleached
By time and the elements; but there is a line
You must not cross nor ever trust beyond it
Spry cordage of your bodies to caresses
Too lichen-faithful from too wide a breast.
The bottom of the sea is cruel.



This is an excerpt from the poem. You can read the whole piece here.




Thank you so much to Rachel. And here is also a new poetry form to try: the cherita.


Larry Kimmel gives this definition:

The "Cherita" is a creation of ai li…

Cherita [pronounced CHAIR-rita] is the Malay word for story or tale. A Cherita consists of a single stanza verse, followed by a two-line verse, and then finishing with a three-line verse. It can be written solo or with up to three partners. The Cherita tells a story.




Here is my example:


Mr. Holmes has left.

The removal men have been
And the upper rooms stand empty.

Hang on. Empty?
Dear God.
He’s taken my furniture to Sussex.




But you do not have to use this form. 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, barzelletta, beeswing, blackout poetry, blitz poem, blues stanza, bref double, Burns stanza, call and response, chastushka, cherita, cinquain, circular poetry, clerihew, clogyrnach, colour poems, compound word verse, concrete poetry, Cornish verse, curtal sonnet, débat, décima, descort, diamante, doggerel, double dactyl, echo verse, ekphrasis, elegiac couplet, elegiac stanza, elfje, englyn, enuig, epigram, epistle, epitaph, epulaeryu, Etheree, fable, Fib, florette, found poetry, free verse, ghazal, haiku, hay(na)ku, In Memoriam stanza, Italian sonnet, jueju, kennings poem, lanturne, lies, limerick, line messaging, list poem, lyric poetry, mathnawī, micropoetry, mini-monoverse, musette, nonsense verse, palindrome poetry, pantoum, Parallelismus Membrorum, poem cycle, quatern, quintilla, renga, rhyming alliterisen, riddle, rimas dissolutas, rime couée, rispetto, Schüttelreim, sedoka, septet, sestina, shadorma, sonnet, stream of consciousness, tanka, tercet, terza rima, tongue twister poetry, triangular triplet, tricube, trine, triolet, Tyburn, villanelle, xenolith


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
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[identity profile] scfrankles.livejournal.com
This week, the canon story we’re looking at is The Lion’s Mane and the chosen topic is Swimming in the Victorian and Edwardian periods.

A few facts:

Discussion continues... )
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Canon Story: The Lion’s Mane
Rating: Gen


A creature swept off-course by gale.
A sudden end to life once hale.
A cruel parry for a pup’s thrust.
A pup expired in master’s dust.                                                                                                                                                 
A love kept hid for father’s scorn.
A clue cut short like message torn.
A final breath ignominious.
A third attack exsanguineous.   
Provoking most consternation?
Stackhurst, ‘without invitation,’
And Watson, then,
‘beyond the ken.’
[identity profile] gardnerhill.livejournal.com
Title: The Lion’s Mane: Patsy
Author: gardnerhill                        
Word Count: 60                     
Rating: G
Warning: Crack.
Summary:  Oh, sure – pin this on the jellyfish.
                                                                                                                                                                                
***

For millennia I’ve lived below, gathering my strength to once again rise from the depths and cow these puny surface creatures. This quiet cove is perfect for a base of operations.

I killed one or two of them, sent one wounded away. The fools blame that infantile blob of tentacles.

Soon. Soon we Old Ones will rule this land again.
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This Sunday, 23rd July, we'll be posting our 60 word ficlets for The Lion's Mane.

Holmes has now retired to Sussex and he and Watson seem to have drifted apart. But cases still find the former consulting detective. A young teacher dies in front of him in agony - who is his murderer? And what weapon caused the terrible marks on his back?

If you haven't tried 60 for 60 before, full information - including our schedule - can be found on our profile. But in essence: you read ACD's story and then you write a 60 word story inspired by it! You don't have to post a story every week - just join in whenever you feel like it.

Each Sunday we will also have our weekly discussion post, where we discuss a topic inspired by the canon story. And there’s Mrs. Hudson's Poetry Page too - any poems written about this week’s story can be left as a comment on her post. As usual, her housemaid Rachel will be suggesting a poem for us to read to give us added inspiration, and there will also be a new poetry form to try: the cherita.

You can choose one activity, or have a go at everything. Or just come along and read the 60s! (And have a chat in the comments.) All options are absolutely fine.

Hope to see you on Sunday. But don’t worry if you can’t join us then - we stay open for posting and commenting all week!
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Title: Omnivorous Reader
Canon Story: The Lion's Mane
Author: [livejournal.com profile] 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 )
[identity profile] thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com
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.
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[identity profile] scfrankles.livejournal.com
Canon Story: The Lion's Mane
Title: Pick-Me-Up
Author: [livejournal.com profile] 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
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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
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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... )
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[identity profile] okapi1895.livejournal.com
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.”
[identity profile] gardnerhill.livejournal.com
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.
                                                                                       
***

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.
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[identity profile] scfrankles.livejournal.com
This Sunday, 6th March, we'll be posting our 60 word ficlets for The Lion's Mane.

Holmes has now retired to Sussex and he and Watson seem to have drifted apart. But cases still find the former consulting detective. A young teacher dies in front of him in agony - who is his murderer? And what weapon caused the terrible marks on his back?

If you haven't tried 60 for 60 before, full information - including our schedule - can be found on our profile. But in essence: you read ACD's story and then you write a 60 word story inspired by it! You don't have to post a story every week - just join in whenever you feel like it.

Each Sunday we will also have our weekly discussion post, and Mrs. Hudson's Poetry Page. Any poems inspired by this week’s story can be left as a comment on her post. Mrs. Hudson informs me that this week's featured poetry form will be the haiku.

You can choose one activity, or have a go at everything. Or just come along and read the 60s! (And have a chat in the comments ^^) All options are absolutely fine.

Hope to see you on Sunday ^^

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