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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 32m

More than that. Colorado has gotten that many alone. Prairie dogs in the Rocky Mountain West carry it.

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 41m

Here's some information on the incident of infections in humans in Colorado over a 16 year period.

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 44m

False. About 1000 cases a year occur in the US.

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 45m

Nonsense. Fleas commonly carry Yersinia pestis to humans. What matters is the density of interactions. Below shows the incident of humans contracting the plague (primarily by fleas from prairie dogs) in Colorado over a 16 year period.

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 19/09/2026

Stanley is a good traveling companion.

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 19/09/2026

When Stanley and I visited this museum in Old Sacramento in 2006, he was horrified by this Mouse Hotel exhibit.

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 08/09/2026

Swam 12 laps; set up oil change appointment on Friday; laid out epub version of Trifles 1:3. I need to add the illustrations. I do the sizing and placement of illustrations manually.

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 04/09/2026

Scene from 1936 movie Romeo & Juliet. In the center we have 2 Sherlocks & the father of a 3rd. John Barrymore (left), Leslie Howard (center - rather of Ronald Howard), Basil Rathbone (right).

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 28/08/2026

In the "I hear of Sherlock everywhere category": I saw these at the grocery store yesterday. I think each ball contains bricks that you use to build the tiny book which has a secret item inside.

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 27/08/2026

Here's the first draft of the cover of Trifles issue 3. The ad on the back still needs some clean up & I have to start putting the issue together tomorrow. I also have the paper proof of Shadow of the Storm to go over by this weekend. We've been working on promo for that, too.

Front & back cover of issue 3 of Trifles: a Quarterly for Devotees of Sherlock Holmes. Chocolate brown background with white and black antique frame around title on front. On the back is a Victorian ad for Cadbury's Cocoa with a young girl with a maid's uniform holding a cup of cocoa. The ad says: Drink Cadbury's Coca Absolutely pure therefore the best. There is other small print that is not readable.

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 20/08/2026

I use Victorian ads on the back of my little journal which debuted in March.

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 06/08/2026

I had to go out and photograph our young oak trees and their acorn crop. They were about 6 feet tall when they were planted here in 2017. It looks like they will have a good crop of acorns despite the heat. Note the iron acorns & oak leaves on the buildings which are about 60 years old.

Oak tree against blue sky with buildings in the background

Acorns and oak leaves on iron workings between buildings with trees and other buildings in the background

Acorns and oak leaves in railings in stairwell

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 05/08/2026

No, he doesn't. The court ruled the case was collusive and any such "settlement" would be illegal. I really don't give a damn what TB says.

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 04/08/2026

A lot of people seem to have forgotten that the court issued an order regarding the so-called settlement. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72207...

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 16/07/2026

I presume this website image is generated by some generative AI thing. It is so hilarious.

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 16/06/2026

Here's the Table of Contents of Trifles Vol 1 Issue 2.

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 10/06/2026

The box o' Trifles issue 2 has arrived. Authors' & Subscribers' copies will go out by the end of the week. Online sales links should go live on June 15th. Some highlights:

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 28/05/2026

Here are the feeds I follow.

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 27/05/2026

I found one of mine that I had screencaptured. (No, there is no lost manuscript in the book.)

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 09/05/2026

Guy on the left thinking he'd rather be having a root canal.

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 07/05/2026

They had an office in NYC until 1898 and after that assigned the USA rights to books they published to US publishing houses. In this case maybe they had too many books in storage in the UK and shipping them to the USA to be sold by St Martin's Press was a better deal than paying the storage.

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 07/05/2026

Trifles Issue I sample pages with energetic music

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 28/04/2026

🧵 I am now the owner of JF Christ's An Irregular Chronology. I've read it before but it is easier to argue with in person. The 2nd picture is his Canons or rules. In the 1st Canon he is saying the clue to the sate of the case must be read as if you were reading it at the date of the publication. 1/

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 13/04/2026

A review of The Consulting Detective Trilogy Part III: Montague Street found on Good Reads. "Thank you Darlene, your long-awaited and epic finale to the Young Sherlock saga was far and away the finest chapter among all of them...."

***** Thank you Darlene, your long-awaited and epic finale to the Young Sherlock saga was far and away the finest chapter among all of them. A follow-up to the 'Gloria Scott' adventure set me off into a 21-chapter tour de force the finest spotlighting so many specific and treasured moments in Holmes lore that Sir Arthur could only touch upon. Meeting the blunt instrument Lestrade for the first time, a chance encounter with Wiggins creating the Baker Street Irregulars, the tragically touching origin of the ash monograph, and full details of the Giant Rat of Sumatra case only scratch the surface of what the next reader has to look forward to. I recommend all readers to read "The Crack in the lens" and the other two installments of the Trilogy first, but this one nearly stands alone as a showcase of Sherlock's early career. I can only hope Ms. Cypser isn't done writing Holmes stories!

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 09/04/2026

I found this in a newsletter from the Colorado Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel. DOJ is threatening state attorney regulatory bodies.

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 29/03/2026

post off the rivet. You can hardly see the rivets on the carpet. I went upwards along the side nearest the sliding door behind the passenger seat (off the left edge of this picture taken just after I installed them in 2013). There it was easy to find places where I could safely drill the holes.

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 25/03/2026

I ran into this in Jstor. It was published in 1968. It was published by Phi Beta Kappa. www.jstor.org/stable/41209...

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 14/03/2026

Some of the Founder certificates

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 10/03/2026

This is what Kate Workman wrote about The Consulting Detective Trilogy Part I: University

5.0 out of 5 stars Kate Workman wrote: "Sorry, Andrew Lane, But These Are Better! Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2012 Verified Purchase
"There is another series of Young Adult Sherlock Holmes books being released by Andrew Lane. Death Cloud and Rebel Fire, so far. I have them, but haven't completed them. What I have read, however, shows me that MsCypser's books are on a completely different, in my opinion higher, level.

University, the first of the sequel trilogy, is absolutely wonderful. It begins right where The Crack in the Lens leaves off, and follows through Holmes's college time. Through the novel, we see the changes that take place in Holmes's character, bringing him from a young man, violently affected by the events in the previous novel, to a capable, passionate adult who will soon fully transform into the detective we all admire so much.

Honestly, once again, I can't praise this book enough, but I don't want to write too much and spoil key plot points, either for this one or the one before it. All I can say is, go read it. This one, and its predecessor are must-have's for any Holmes collector.

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 10/03/2026

I find a lot of books on the history of Scotland Yard leave out details. Many gloss over the 1876 Detectives Scandal (aka the Turf Fraud) that lead to the creation of the CID. The trial of the detectives was a huge deal at the time.

A broadsheet poster with a image of the criminal William Kurr that says "Police News Edition of the Great Detectives Case Trial, Summing-up, Verdict &c. Price One Penny G. Burke's Office, 180 Strand, W.C."

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 23/02/2026

I bought these for $5 a piece (plus each frame was $1) 48 years ago. The scans do not show very well all the tiny cuts in the black paper that makes the silhouettes.

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 17/02/2026

The latest version of the Trifles cover

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Darlene Cypser @darlenecypser.com · 13/02/2026

Here is mine. I tried to upload this on Thursday but Bluesky was not having it.

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