Murdoch mysteries

As a connoisseur of fine television, I arrogantly assumed I had a comprehensive knowledge of all the shows worth watching. Masterpieces of entertainment like Nero Wolfe, Jeeves and Wooster, Ellery …

Summer temperatures decided to arrive with a vengeance the first week of June, which-- coincidentally-- was when our fair young English rose came for a visit. She can go home telling everyone how she survived 111°F/44°C (and other sweat-inducing numbers) on her travels around the state. Do I knit when it's hot? Certainly, although I do get more selective about the objects I decide to knit. For instance... that 5-foot by 8-foot afghan made with two strands of bulky yarn? That one's going to…

A dance at their reception, Murdoch and Julia enjoy themselves. "Holy Matrimony, Murdoch" (episode 804)

Murdoch Mysteries is one of those very watchable, Golden Age-era crime shows that has a touch of the Sherlock Holmes and Ripper Street about it. Starring Yannick Bisson as the titular detective in …