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View halloo, it’s time to register for the JHWS January Zoom! Come join us, whether you’re a bullpup or not!

We will be meeting on Jan. 25th, a Sunday, at two p.m. Eastern/one p.m. Central Time. Please note the time change — we are meeting one hour later than we used to!

In the aftermath of all the birthday celebrations, we’ll be recalling all the things we got to do in a guided discussion. Also, suggestions and recommendations for what we can do at future meetings are welcome!

You can register for the meeting here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/u4dVv5vBQ1WWfMOkqTw1eQ See you then!

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It’s that time to wish your Baker Street friends “Compliments of the season!” and the John H. Watson Society will be gathering on Zoom for its last meeting of 2025!

Here’s the link to register:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/gVJJIe0US0qyAuUErTI18w

It’s been a while since we held a Watson Consultation and called a patient subject into Watson’s examination room and checked on their Watson-based afflictions via interview. After some rounds of questioning by our resident practitioner, we’ll open things up for the gallery to ask a few questions of their own, to make sure we miss nothing of seriousness in our diagnosis. Our subject this month will be long time member of the John H. Watson Society and literary sort, Margie Deck.

Here’s the link to sign up and see what we find out:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/fQWlwE0AQYmeyDcPJL9g2g

The time has come at last for the masks to come off, for Moriarty’s minions to be exposed, and the John H. Watson Society to be as free of Moriarty as a Morris Chestnut Watson!

Sunday, October 26, 2025th, at noon Central Standard Time, the John H. Watson Society will gather on Zoom for our October meeting. It’ll be a Zoom costume party, so come in whatever guise suits you, Sherlockian or not. We’ll wind up our game of London 1891, we’ll see what’s new with us in the last month, and meander into our usual chat.

Here’s the registration link! Come and see who . . . and what . . . turns up!

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/az9hZVvVROS65YProC-e-Q

The time has come once again for the spirit of John H. Watson to whistle up his bull pups for their monthly meeting over the digital streams. The date is Sunday, September 28, 2025, and the time is high noon Central Standard Time. Things are getting serious for the residents of London 1891 as we approach October’s finality and the veil between the solid and the spirit world grows thin. If you’d like to find out exactly what that all means, or just want to be present for it, here’s a registration link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/dDe6e2kRTFyfTTML5y_Frw

And while we’re sharing links, here’s a link to the latest episode of the official John H. Watson Society podcast:

https://watsonianweekly.libsyn.com/september-22-2025-one-of-these-doctors-wants-your-blood

Baker Street may have been like an oven in August, as Watson told us in “The Adventure of the Cardboard Box,” but how hot will the August meeting of the John H. Watson Society be at high noon CST, Sunday, August 24th? Will a Victorian Londoner from 1891 die of heat stroke or Moran’s bullet?

To find out, sign up for this month’s Zoom meeting and pop on come Sunday! Here’s the link to register:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/AbFzzEFzRTqaJGuX2BETeg

Hello, Bullpups and assorted Sherlockians! We regret to inform you that the annual treasure hunt will not take place this year. More on this matter from our Treasure Hunt Master, Bullpup Hector (Rich Krisciunas):

The Treasure Hunt 2025 will be postponed due to unforeseeable circumstances. The Treasure Hunt Master, Rich Krisciunas, was preparing another strenuous test of Sherlockian and Watsonian knowledge but had completed only 25 questions, thinking the Treasure Hunt started in October, and he also needed to come up with this year’s cipher. 

He was concerned about complaints from some Hunters that the cipher was becoming too difficult to solve. Backward lettering, fourth word in a sequence, “why does it have to be so hard? You’re supposed to be my friend, can’t you give me a clue?” were messages he received in e-mails every August.

This year, the Treasure Hunt Master spent too much time trying to come up with a simpler cipher so that, for instance, if you were a Sherlockian friend who lived in Texas, you could figure it out. One example was, “Can you decipher the following cipher with a phrase concerning Watson in the Canon?

 “If YOU HAVE a map of the world that shows places where you have BEEN to or thought about visiting IN the last five years not including AFGHANISTAN or Italy. Cross your t and dot your I.  Do you think you could PERCEIVE the names of three countries without much effort?”

Nine test subjects figured out the solution quickly, but one subject said it was too difficult. So, back to the drawing board.

Then the Treasure Hunt Master was reminded about posting the 2025 Treasure Hunt on the usual August 1 start date. His response was, “Ooops. Not October 1?” What to do? 

I apologize for any disappointment, although the TH Master believes one Hunter will be relieved, and at least there are 25 questions already prepared.

Therefore, it is with great disappointment that this year’s Hunt will be postponed until next year in 2026, in August (it’s already in my calendar).

We look forward to renewing the treasure hunt next year, and we at the JHWS remain grateful to Rich for all the work he puts into the hunt each year!

Hello, everyone! There have been many sign-ups for membership in the JHWS in the past month, and I (Madeline, “Boswell,” “Buttons,” oy) have fallen behind in processing the new members and sending you your welcome emails. I offer my sincerest apologies. I am currently slammed with genuinely serious issues in my personal life at the moment, but I am going to do my best to get caught up soon! We appreciate each and every new bullpup, and we absolutely want you to feel welcome here.

In the meantime, please register for our next meeting! https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/mnOD13oKQAWAZasmJvr4mA

The July of 1891 sat in the middle of John H. Watson’s worst summer at that point in his life, and the July meeting of the John H. Watson Society promises trouble all its own, as we reflect upon that time, see what the remnants of the Moriarty organization were up to, and discuss matters both Watsonian and non.

The date will be Sunday, July 27th. The hour will be high noon CST. The code to pass the gate will be:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/mnOD13oKQAWAZasmJvr4mA

Join us, won’t you? You might survive the experience.

Sunday, June 22th, at noon CST, the John H. Watson Society will have its monthly Zoom gathering, with all of the usual bull pup stuff and nonsense, as the London 1891 scenario continues to play out and unforeseen events may or may not occur!

Here’s the link to sign up: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/h7i9uNzdRyympm6irJ6O6g