This week,  instead of writing a column, I finally got around to updating the column links in the archives for the last two months. You can now go back and see what we’ve all written about in November and December.  “About time,” one might say, and one might be right. But these blogs are about the Sherlockian life, and art is always a mirror of life whether we like it or not.

Updated your own links lately?

Just last night I had the exquisite pleasure of attending a function thrown in honor of the good Carter and myself by my clan and its matriarch.  The guest list was something I didn’t take nearly enough interest in when it was being made up (and if you didn’t get an invitation, that is most certainly why), and we wound up with around a hundred people from all parts of our lives over the last few decades. It was an amazing gathering, and I wound up seeing people that I hadn’t seen in many, many, MANY years. Too many. The years slip by, and you just let your links slip by un-updated, as I often do with this web site.

But updating them is always a grand thing. I don’t really give enough credit to the BSI weekend every year in New York for serving that function in the Sherlockian world.  I too often allow my dislike of the big city to over-rule my chance to update my Sherlockian links. So, to those who are travelling to that annual gathering spot  in the week ahead,  I offer my best wishes in updating your Sherlockian ties, and to everyone else . . . be sure to look for those moments when you can do something similar yourself.

Life’s too short to not remind yourself of everything you’ve had in it, now and then. And everyone.

Your humble correspondent,

Brad Keefauver

P.S. If you are going to be in New York next week, be sure to say a hearty "hello" to Gordon Speck, as I was lucky enough to do last evening. He's one of the true gentlemen of our hobby, and a man whom I shall always be striving to emulate at keeping Sherlockian links alive.