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| The Nashville Scholars meet and eat |
There
could never be a Stranger’s Room for a Sherlock Holmes scion society – because there
are no strangers among Sherlockians.
A case
in point: Members of the Nashville Scholars of the Three Pipe Problem warmly
welcomed Ann and me to their monthly meeting last Saturday. We much enjoyed
their southern Sherlockian hospitality, although we knew only a few members
(other than via Facebook).
We met
for lunch at the Corky’s Barbeque in Brentwood, TN. Instead of puzzling over a quiz
and discussing a story, we had convivial conversation, show and tell, and a
paper.
Dr.
Marino Alvarez spoke about the Silver Blaze Weekend at Saratoga Race Track in
New York, and the talk he gave there. Jim Hawkins reported on the successful “Holmes
in the Heartland” conference put on earlier in the month by the Parrallel Case
of St. Louis. Tom Vickstrom read a paper discussing means of travel in the
Canon, summarizing chapters in Mobile Holmes,
edited by Walter Jaffe and published by the Baker Street Irregulars.
If you
ever have a chance to experience Holmes away from home, don’t hesitate. You’ll
fit right in.
(Coming next to this blog: a report on a primary-school
classroom in Tennessee called “221B.” This introduction to Sherlock Holmes is
elementary, but not dumbed down.)
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