THE SERENDIPITOUS JOYS OF RESEARCH PART 2
YESTERDAY’S JOYS OF RESEARCH concluded with citing my youthful weekly fix of Double-Crostic puzzles. Caitlin Lovinger describes this word game in “Variety: Acrostic,” The New York Times, July 17, 2020. … Continue reading
February 19, 2025 · Leave a comment
THE SERENDIPITOUS JOYS OF RESEARCH PART 1
RECENTLY “SHAKESPEARE’S BEHIND” CONCLUDED with my noting, “It was good fun researching this one.” And the “Laura D. Fair” piece had a similar conclusion: “It makes for a nice research … Continue reading
February 18, 2025 · 4 Comments
DR. JOHN H. WATSON—FASHIONISTO
SHERLOCKIAN CHRISTOPHER MORLEY wrote that “Watson was a couturier at heart.” Today, maybe we’d say fashionisto, masculinizing the term “fashionista,” defined in Merriam-Webster as “a designer, promotor, or follower of … Continue reading
December 2, 2018 · Leave a comment
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