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...colonial history. His blunt fingers run over the surface, ivory with age, tracing arcs and circles cut 300 years ago. "They didn't have rulers. They did everything by compass." Another beam reveals a row of auger holes, evidence of a hayrack. "Too low for horses," declares the Sherlock Holmes of barns. "Sheep, undoubtedly...
...would appear to be a mystery worthy of Sherlock Holmes. If OPEC is reeling and the price of crude oil is falling, then why has the cost of gasoline been going up? The Los Angeles-based Lundberg Letter shows that since February the average retail price for all grades of gas has jumped from $1.14 per gal. to $1.24, taking some of the fun out of summer driving...
...www.lismorecastle.com Castle stays are also ideal for old-fashioned romancing. Just think of all those roaring fireplaces and Jacobean four-poster beds. "I have had so many people ask me to choose a castle for them because they want to propose to their partners," says Antony Sherlock of Scotts Castle Holidays. Dalhousie Castle, near Edinburgh , has even trained its resident falcons to deliver engagement rings to unsuspecting partners as they picnic in the gorgeous grounds. Should your beloved's answer be yes, you can exchange vows in the castle's very own candlelit chapel without further ado. Double rooms cost...
...detective in The Final Solution is almost certainly meant to be our old friend Sherlock Holmes, although Chabon never names him. Chabon's Holmes is long past his Baker Street prime: at 89, he has become a frail, eccentric, beekeeping retiree. Mystery comes looking for the aging detective in the form of a mute boy, 9, and his pet parrot (the symmetry is neat but not too: a boy who can't speak and a bird that can). Before long, the parrot is missing, a man is dead, and Holmes is back in the game...
...Castle stays are also ideal for old-fashioned romancing. Just think of all those roaring fireplaces and Jacobean four-poster beds. "I have had so many people ask me to choose a castle for them because they want to propose to their partners," says Antony Sherlock of Scotts Castle Holidays. Dalhousie Castle, tel: (44-1875) 820153, near Edinburgh, Scotland, has even trained its resident falcons to deliver engagement rings to unsuspecting partners as they picnic in the gorgeous grounds. Should your beloved's answer be yes, you can exchange vows in the castle's very own candlelit chapel without further...