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“Mary seemed to have taken a perverse pleasure in seeing how best she could alternate undercooking and overcooking.”

— Agatha Christie, The Murder at the Vicarage

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So cute!

Very handsome boy 🐱🐈

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Margy's Musings turned 10 today!

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“There is no detective in England equal to a spinster lady of uncertain age with plenty of time on her hands.”

— Agatha Christie, Murder at the Vicarage

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These are amazing.

is there anything better than an ancient greek hedgehog figurine? i think not

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This is the Kickstarter for my latest book.

Just launched on Kickstarter - Sherlock Holmes and The Deathly Clairvoyant https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/londondockdeaths/sherlock-holmes-and-the-deathly-clairvoyant by Margaret Walsh

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there are breasts on my roof. scampering about. wretched

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This is so many kinds of adorable. I want it on a tee-shirt!

I asked a work friend what her little girl was currently obsessed with, and the answer was "Ancient Egypt and guinea pigs". I couldn't resist drawing this.

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Glass pendant in the shape of a ram's head, Carthage, 5th-4th century BC

from The Walters Art Museum

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Enchanted Amusements reporting for duty.

Examples of "Hamilton Manufacturing Co." fonts from The Inland Printer v.27 (1901:Apr.-Sept.).

Full text here.

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Bobbles and Plum - PG Wodehouse’s ‘lost playlets’ https://mxpublishing.com/products/bobbles-and-plum-pg-wodehouse-playlets-book

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The Top 20 Sherlock Holmes audiobooks in October https://mxpublishing.com/blogs/news/top-20-sherlock-holmes-audiobooks-in-october

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All three of Gretchen Altabef’s Sherlock Holmes novels are now out on audio https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CW18Z8V5

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We also figured out—the hard way—that the ancients probably cut each layer of linen to the proper shape before gluing them together. For our first linothorax, we glued together 15 layers of linen to form a one centimeter-thick slab, and then tried to cut out the required shape. Large shears were defeated; bolt cutters failed. The only way we were ultimately able to cut the laminated linen slab was with an electric saw equipped with a blade for cutting metal. At least this confirmed our suspicion that linen armor would have been extremely tough. We also found out that linen stiffened with rabbit glue strikes dogs as in irresistibly tasty rabbit-flavored chew toy, and that our Labrador retriever should not be left alone with our research project.

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“You call yourself some kind of goddess and you know nothing, madam, nothing. What don’t die can’t live. What don’t live can’t change. What don’t change can’t learn. The smallest creature that dies in the grass knows more than you.”

— Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies