The Norwegian Explorers Annual Dinner

Tonight was The Norwegian Explorers Annual Dinner 2016 at the The Minneapolis Golf Club. I just joined The Norwegian Explorers a few months ago, so this was my first Annual Dinner and it was very fun. There was a very British dinner of Tossed Salad, Yorkshire Pudding, Fish and Chips, Carrots, Shepherd’s Pie, Pea Salad, and a Berry Trifle. The evening also include the annual meeting and election of officers, presentation of Sigerson Awards (from what I could tell everyone who participation in The Norwegian Explorers 2016 Christmas Annual received one), toasts to some of the women in Holmes life, a Sherlock Holmes Groaner Trivia Quiz, a contest of captions and/or limericks, and canonical carols! The keynote speaker was Park Square Theater’s Sherlock Holmes Steve Hendrickson ‘A Kiss is Just a Kiss, OR the Reichenbach Falls: Irene Adler and the Case of the Intimate Negotiation’ who was very funny and knows his Homles.

Also the The Norwegian Explorers 2016 Christmas Annual “The Miss Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” was handed out and a short story of mine (my very first work of fiction) was included: “The Personal Diary of Mrs. Martha Hudson, Housekeeper to the Famed Detective Sherlock Holmes.” I only learned about the call for stories/articles in September, so I did not have that much time to write it. It’s a bit different and falls under the “pastiche” (an artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist, or period) category. The idea of writing fiction has always freaked me out, still does, so this was a good way to start and really, what better way to start than with the world of Sherlock Holmes.

A very fun night and I gave out my first autograph!