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Ep. 687: Cranford | Chapter 9 Book talk begins at 20:20 This week we bring the razzle-dazzle of Signor Brunoni’s magic act—and the unstoppable commentary of Miss Pole. 😆 --------------------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Episode start • Plum Deluxe Tea-CraftLit's Discount Code! • Erin has a free Book Tracker quilt pattern that you might be interested in. It’s also an FPP (Foundation Paper Piecing) pattern and can be found here: • BJ Harrison here: • CIDER in Jim Thorpe - Cidery and Elderberry - WHAT IS?   20:20 START BOOK TALK • Michaelmas to ladies day Sept 29–Mar25 • Wombwell’s Lions: George Wombwell (1777-1850) had a traveling menagerie, bred first lion born in England - which fought the bull mastiffs • Saracen’s Head Turban (OG demolished 1868): , Saracen = Crusade-era term for Arab/Muslim (actually there are MANY Saracen Head pubs and Inns still around!) • • TURBAN WEARING - WAS popular in 1840s - so Miss Matty is quite en Vogue! • The George / the Assembly Rooms • Clothes Maids • PORTER SISTER’S BOOKS: Thaddeus of Warsaw (1803) / The Hungarian Brothers (1807) & Don Sebastian (1809), Young Protector of Santo Sebastiani (1814) = all referenced by Miss Pole who clearly reads too much - a la Northanger Abby • Witch of Endor - Saul summons Prophet Samuel to ask why God has forsaken him. Oops, God Said, Yer dead. • Death Watches (Beetles) and winding sheets again, all apparently Omens of death so Miss Jenkyns only ever said Rolly-polly’s (rolls of wax) • card game preference—pool is basically a kitty • Queen Charlottte (Yes, Bridgerton, wife of George III) &The Gunning Sisters—actresses briefly, then found husbands. • Chapeau Bras - A chapeau-bras is a specific type of hat, often a bicorne or tricorne, designed to be folded and carried under the arm. It translates literally from French as “hat arm”. These hats were a popular style worn by gentlemen, particularly during the 18th century, for dress occasions and could be easily stowed when not worn—NOT IN FASHION NOW • National School boys - elementary schools set up by C of E - listen to the story of the minister with the boys HA! • leg·er·de·main - /ˌlejərdəˈmān/ use of one’s hands when performing conjuring tricks.   Post-chapter Chat • MISS POLE IS OUTTA CONTROL • Assembly Room has seen better days like Emma’s Highbury • It was “not the thing” says Miss Pole - just like Emma’s dad! and yet SHE was the one annoying the Signore   Miscellaneous BOOK/WATCH PARTIES coming up in 2025: Last Thursday of every month, 8pm Eastern: Jun—Princess Bride (book—there are many versions - Heather has notes on which Forward to read) Jul—Princess Bride (movie) Aug—The Last Unicorn (book) Sep—The Last Unicorn (movie) Oct—Random Harvest (book) Nov—Random Harvest (movie) Dec—Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal (book)   *CraftLit’s Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9  • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/ • TikTok podcast: https://www.tiktok.com/@craftlit • Email: [email protected] • Previous CraftLit Classics can be found here: https://bit.ly/craftlit-library-2023   * THE SHOW!* • CraftLit App feed bit.ly/libsyncraftlit (only one tier available) • PATREON:   https://patreon.com/craftlit (all tiers, below) ——Walter Harright -  $5/mo for the same audio as on App ——Jane Eyre - $10/mo for even-month Book Parties ——Mina Harker - $15/mo for odd-month Watch Parties *All tiers and benefits are also available as* —*YouTube Channel hips*  —*Ko-Fi* https://ko-fi.com/craftlit  —*NEW* at CraftLit.com — hips https://craftlit.com/hip-levels/ *IF you want to a particular Book or Watch Patry but you don't want to any of the above hip options*, please use PayPal.me/craftlit or CraftLit @ Venmo and include what you want to attend in the message field. Please give us at least 24 hours to get your message and add you to the attendee list.     • the FREE CraftLit App for iOS or Android (you can call or email straight from within the app) • Call 1-206-350-1642

Ep. 686: Cranford | Chapter 8 Book talk begins at 15:54 Lady Glenmire (a real baron’s widow!) is in town, and the Cranford ladies can’t decide whether to curtsey or completely ignore her—Mrs. Jamieson prefers the latter. --------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Episode start 1:55 - MAY RAFFLE - from Rebecca S (Of Book it with Becca) 2:25 - Send your crafty videos: 4:45 - Plum Deluxe Tea-CraftLit's Discount Code! 5:05 - , 5:35 - 8:01 - ELSIE BLOUSE on WEARING HISTORY 8:50 - . Hope that helps! 10:40 - And from Donna Schmidt 13:48-Anya’s voice mail   BOOK TALK—Re-hash Notes 15:57 - Last week Visiting - RE-LISTEN Pre-hash Notes 17:00 - Your Ladyship. Ended with Cherry Brandy (ha!) And Mrs Jamieson blurting out to everyone she would be hosting her SIL Lady Glenmire soon. 17:50 - shared subscription to newspaper. SOME REALLY CLEVER Austen-like wordplay in today’s chapter. A lot of fun! Characters in *Cranford* (Updated for Chs. 6–8) 18:25 - County families—the landed gentry in the county - you know…the only important people in the area :( Miss Pole “I’ll think of something to say back to her… tonight…”—nothing changes HA! 18:40 Peerage - prob refers to Burke’s Peerage and Baronetage (first pub was 1826!!!) Only 16 Scottish peers were SELECTED to sit in the House of Lords; 19:00 -comparison to Job - God takes everything from him then torments him some more. 20:40 - The Arley’s  - we learned that Lady Arley shopped at Betty Barker’s milliner shop last week and was part of why the shop eventually only served the well-to-do of Cranford ——which lets us know that there WAS a well-to-do set and our ladies are not they! 22:00 - Fourth at pool - another card game 22:45 - Sedulously-Dedication, diligence 22:55 - “thought you might want a description of Mrs Smith, Her being a bride”. B/c often a bride’s 1st appearance in society after honeymoon she wore her dress. 23:15 - ***nipped up her petticoats*** - 25:10 - Mr Milliner - introduce him to listeners - ignored back door (GASP) 25:15 - candle lighters as an excise LOL ALSO what’s she making them out of?!??? - EXCELLENT WAY TO USE OLD BILLS & LETTERS! Assumption no one will go LOL - Poole’s rationalization to go to party 🤣 - don’t give her the satisfaction of hurting us (but mostly I HAVE A NEW CAP!!!) 27:23 - Phlegmatic  - Mrs Jamieson - of the Four Temperaments: sanguine, choleric, melancholic, and phlegmatic - UNemotional Very smart cap  - Miss Pole - Duty was to FIRST buy a new cap - everyone does b/c when wearing a new cap, Cranford ladies were like Ostriches and didn’t care what was on their bodies -  lol - 28:00 - Brooches - popular now?? Dogs eyes - Hair insides - Mausoleum/weeping willow Stiff muslin - like brooch mounted on florettes We’re brooches out of fashion??!? - 30:00- LISTEN to the description of Miss Pole! HA! Scotch pebbles - not really timely. Victoria bought Balmoral in 1848 and suddenly Scottish agates (found in stream beds with other semi-precious stones) were VERY popular 30:45 - Hair powder Over his coat collar - started in 1715 and was WAY out of date by now *St James’ Chronicle* is a 4-way shared subscription with Cranford ladies - Quarter share - Mr Mulliner —ADD to cheat sheet - He looked like a Sulky cockatoo. lol  - 31:25 - her furniture—Era predates-Louis 14th (1638-1715) - people were cheap, furniture was not 32:12 - pembrook table - drop-leaf table 32:45 - Kaleidoscope - invented in 1817 by Sir David Brewster; Conversation Cards and Puzzle Cards - seen in the Doctor sub-plot of the Mini-series/“Mr Harrisson’s Confessions (1851) 34:30 - Drawings on tea chests - Might be Tole painting? might be like 36:35 - torpid - mentally OR physically inactive Agreeable and not formally - seated 36:40 - 10£ - would have purchased her whole ensemble - see below A Lord, yet NOT a ***Lord*** - had become a common turn of phrase (A __- but not A ____), kind of like “because Reasons” has become shorthand in conversation.  Lady Glenmire and Mrs. Jaimeson - SIL 41:05 - Small lumps of sugar - b/c sugar was lumped in-house, not purchased in pre-squared form Preference, Ombré, Quadrille, ***Basto***, Spadille - card games and Basto=Ace of Clubs is 3rd highest trump card in Ober and Quadrille. By playing it, Misss Pole makes Lady GLenmire use up the highest trump spadrille - the Ace of Spades 41:50 - Mrs Forrester’s (of Cow fame) LACE STORY! 43:00 - Catholic Emancipation Bill = 1829 gave Catholics access to certain public offices from which they had previously been barred. This would have exactly ZERO impact on the making of Brussels Lace. 42:30 - Emetic + top-boot *(in the early 1800s, Wellingtons were sometimes referred to as "top boots". 42:50 - The term "top boots" was used for high-cut boots, often associated with riding or military wear, and Wellingtons were a popular type of boot in that category)* - emetic causes vomiting (NOT as done in the mini-series) 43:30 - astronomy/astrology - Francis Moor’s astrological predictions   Post-chapter Notes Martha no family in town? LOVE the “How do we address a Lady - I forgot!” HA! Mrs Jaimeson seems pretty desperate for company by the time the ladies visit! HA! - LOVE Mulliner relationship with All The Women - ugh…mansplaining. miss Pole’s triumphant first comment - The DOG gets the cream!!?!? We were as intelligent and sensible as the dog - HA!!! Mrs Forrester is wearing VOMIT LACE! HA! LACE EPISODE PUT "PLAUSIBLE" on screen like mythbusters LEANNE LACE VIDEO   Additional notes for the lace video at the end:   Miscellaneous Clothing costs research (some) Cunnington, C. Willett. *English Women's Clothing in the Nineteenth Century* (1937) Ribeiro, Aileen. *Dress and Morality* (1986) BOOK/WATCH PARTIES coming up in 2025: Last Thursday of every month, 8pm Eastern: Jun—Princess Bride (book—there are many versions - Heather has notes on which Forward to read) Jul—Princess Bride (movie) Aug—The Last Unicorn (book) Sep—The Last Unicorn (movie) Oct—Random Harvest (book) Nov—Random Harvest (movie) Dec—Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal (book)   *CraftLit’s Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9  • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/ • TikTok podcast: https://www.tiktok.com/@craftlit • Email: [email protected] • Previous CraftLit Classics can be found here: https://bit.ly/craftlit-library-2023   * THE SHOW!* • CraftLit App feed bit.ly/libsyncraftlit (only one tier available) • PATREON:   https://patreon.com/craftlit (all tiers, below) ——Walter Harright -  $5/mo for the same audio as on App ——Jane Eyre - $10/mo for even-month Book Parties ——Mina Harker - $15/mo for odd-month Watch Parties *All tiers and benefits are also available as* —*YouTube Channel hips*  —*Ko-Fi* https://ko-fi.com/craftlit  —*NEW* at CraftLit.com — hips https://craftlit.com/hip-levels/ *IF you want to a particular Book or Watch Patry but you don't want to any of the above hip options*, please use PayPal.me/craftlit or CraftLit @ Venmo and include what you want to attend in the message field. 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Ep. 685: Cranford | Chapter 7 Book talk begins at 17:04 This week, we’re invited to one of the most exclusive tea-and-card parties in all of Cranford. The guest list? Curated with surgical precision. The food? Shockingly abundant. The social stakes? Sky-high—especially when THE Mrs. Jamieson dozes off mid-soirée and then drops a bombshell: her sister-in-law, Lady Glenmire, is coming to town! Cue the wardrobe panic. --------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Episode start 5:09 - Plum Deluxe Tea-CraftLit’s Discount Code! Send your crafty videos: Also, MAY RAFFLE - Sir Walter Scott Cross stitch from Rebecca S (Of Book it with Becca) 8:12 - the Joanne’s video links - - there is a more complete, longer video, too: 8:35 - Explaining TARIFFS with a Textile History Lesson with Jillian Eve: 17:04 - Poor Peter last week - ends with Martha…KISSING! 17:41 - the Cranford Character Cheat Sheet through Chapter 7: 19:36 - Anyone know—was she the queen who may have suffered from an eating disorder? Queen Adelaide - Wife of William IV who reigned 1830-37 25:03 - Bombazine - a dress fabric of and silk or cotton - black bombazine was classic for mourning clothes. 26:38 - Spadille (the game is also known as “Spades”) . and Manille 27:58 - The Rake’s Progress all paintings AND engravings are all visible on Wikipedia () 28:57 - Seed cake - recipes please!- 30:24 Damson tart - and apparently Anyone have any Damson tart recipes? 31:05 START OF CHAPTER AUDIO 58:35 - Don’t forget to send us your crafty videos 59:10 - Thin Man Watch Party Thursday, May 29, 8pm Eastern time BOOK/WATCH PARTIES coming up in 2025 Last Thursday of every month, 8pm Eastern: - May—Thin Man (movie) Jun—Princess Bride (book—there are many versions - Heather has notes on which Forward to read) Jul—Princess Bride (movie) Aug—The Last Unicorn (book) Sep—The Last Unicorn (movie) Oct—Random Harvest (book) Nov—Random Harvest (movie) Dec—Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal (book)   *CraftLit’s Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9  • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/ • TikTok podcast: https://www.tiktok.com/@craftlit • Email: [email protected] • Previous CraftLit Classics can be found here: https://bit.ly/craftlit-library-2023   * THE SHOW!* • CraftLit App feed bit.ly/libsyncraftlit (only one tier available) • PATREON:   https://patreon.com/craftlit (all tiers, below) ——Walter Harright -  $5/mo for the same audio as on App ——Jane Eyre - $10/mo for even-month Book Parties ——Mina Harker - $15/mo for odd-month Watch Parties *All tiers and benefits are also available as* —*YouTube Channel hips*  —*Ko-Fi* https://ko-fi.com/craftlit  —*NEW* at CraftLit.com — hips https://craftlit.com/hip-levels/ *IF you want to a particular Book or Watch Patry but you don't want to any of the above hip options*, please use PayPal.me/craftlit or CraftLit @ Venmo and include what you want to attend in the message field. Please give us at least 24 hours to get your message and add you to the attendee list.     • the FREE CraftLit App for iOS or Android (you can call or email straight from within the app) • Call 1-206-350-1642

Ep. 684: Cranford | Chapter 6 Book talk begins at 15:15 Oh, you’re not ready for this one. This week, Miss Matty lets us in on a long-held family secret—and you know when the ladies of Cranford whisper, it's worth leaning in. --------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Episode start 01:45 Plum Deluxe Also, MAY RAFFLE - Sir Walter Scott Cross stitch from Rebecca S (Of Book it with Becca, who wrote the wonderful post: 03:30 Parkrose Permaculture video on Then I found that I’d watched several of her videos on the subject of Individualism: Rugged Individualism (and another video on the book 8:20 (I love this guy’s VERY DIY attitude) and and 12:00 Barbara Edelman show - BEE EPISODE 15:15 Read all the letters and ended with “poor Peter” which will be where we begin today 15:30 Reminder From Ch 5: Bonus Bernardus non video omnia* The Blessed Bernard does not see everything - maybe said by St Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)— This quote is often attributed (possibly apocryphally) to Peter Abelard, the 12th-century theologian, as a gentle jab at St. Bernard of Clairvaux, with whom he clashed theologically. Meaning: Even the wisest man (here, Blessed Bernard) can be wrong sometimes. 16:00 Hoaxing - slang when it first came in to use 1796 but by 1820 it was common use. So by 1840-50 it was no longer improper to use. 16:44 St James’s Chronicle - 18:00 Rhododendron - in late 1840s and in to the 1850s, Botanist Sir Joseph Hooker bro und exotic species back from the Himalayas which was VERY exciting and the reason that the Rhododendron Dell was put in at Kew Gardens… IS IT STILL THERE? [email protected] or 1-206-350-1642, or 20:10 Queen Esther and King Ahasuerus - LOOK! ⬆️ It’s a Whole Megillah! 😂 26:00 No overland route for Poor Peter - this clues us in on when Peter went to India. [An overland route via the Red Sea was opened in the late 1830s]( 27:30 “Some Great War in India” - probably the 28:54 here’s your chapter summary: Summary: Miss Matty shares the story of her brother, Peter, who left Cranford after a disagreement with their father. His absence left a lasting impact on Miss Matty, highlighting the deep bonds of family despite misunderstandings.   Post-chapter Notes 01:02:29 “Jack and Jilling it” is shorthand for when Heather refers to this article: Don’t forget to send us your crafty videos BOOK/WATCH PARTIES coming up in 2025 Jan—All About Eve (Buckle up!) Feb—Rebecca (book) Mar—Rebecca (movie —if requested, a double feature of Hitchcock’s version vs the 2020 remake) Apr—Thin Man (book) May—Thin Man (movie) Jun—Princess Bride (book—there are many versions - Heather has notes on which Forward to read) Jul—Princess Bride (movie) Aug—The Last Unicorn (book) Sep—The Last Unicorn (movie) Oct—Random Harvest (book) Nov—Random Harvest (movie) Dec—Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal (book)   *CraftLit’s Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9  • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/ • TikTok podcast: https://www.tiktok.com/@craftlit • Email: [email protected] • Previous CraftLit Classics can be found here: https://bit.ly/craftlit-library-2023   * THE SHOW!* • CraftLit App feed bit.ly/libsyncraftlit (only one tier available) • PATREON:   https://patreon.com/craftlit (all tiers, below) ——Walter Harright -  $5/mo for the same audio as on App ——Jane Eyre - $10/mo for even-month Book Parties ——Mina Harker - $15/mo for odd-month Watch Parties *All tiers and benefits are also available as* —*YouTube Channel hips*  —*Ko-Fi* https://ko-fi.com/craftlit  —*NEW* at CraftLit.com — hips https://craftlit.com/hip-levels/ *IF you want to a particular Book or Watch Patry but you don't want to any of the above hip options*, please use PayPal.me/craftlit or CraftLit @ Venmo and include what you want to attend in the message field. Please give us at least 24 hours to get your message and add you to the attendee list.     • the FREE CraftLit App for iOS or Android (you can call or email straight from within the app) • Call 1-206-350-1642

Ep. 683: Cranford | Chapter 5 Book talk begins at 9:31 A mysterious stranger arrives in town, and you just know the ladies of Cranford are ready to investigate... politely, of course. --------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Episode start 01:28 2:42 Plum Deluxe . Plum Deluxe’s CraftLit tea collection is here: Also, MAY RAFFLE - Sir Walter Scott Cross stitch from Rebecca S (Of Book it with Becca, who wrote the wonderful post: 04:25 Gardening! 09:30 - START BOOK TALK: Last week, the lovely Mr Holbrook and his very sad ing. 12:06 t- Stock bank: > A bank owned by shareholders, operating under a charter or act of Parliament, and offering services to the public. Unlike older private banks (run by individuals or families), t-stock banks were corporations, meaning shared risk and more capital. How bank books worked— A bank book (also called a book) was given to bank customers to record all transactions in their —- Every deposit and withdrawal was manually written into the book by a bank clerk. The customer’s copy was their only proof of the ’s balance. 14:12 Envelope usage / turning inside out (ETSY doing this NOW) Whole vs half sheet and crossed letters 16:36 STRING and Indian-rubber rings 17:24 “India-rubber” was the 19th-century term for what we now just call rubber—and India-rubber rings were small rubber loops or bands like we use today. Came from the latex of tropical trees (especially Hevea brasiliensis) 18:42 TONQUIN beans: TONKA beans: Tonka beans are the wrinkled, black seeds of the Dipteryx odorata tree, native to South America. Chefs outside the US use them in desserts and to replace nuts. AND ILLEGAL in the USA since 1954 due to the presence of liver damaging “coumarin” - - and 20:54 22:43 PADUASOY: heavy, rich corded or embossed silk fabric, From French - peau de soie, a cloth resembling serge (twill fabric with diagonal lines/ridges on both inner and outer surfaces per a two-up/two-down weave.) 24:19 Bottom of page a small “T.O.” = turn over / Molly’s writing is full of spelling like “Bewty” which is a subsequent joke line 25:49 Dum memor ipse Mei, dum Spiritus regift artus - Virgil, Æneid, IV.382, “While memory shall last and breath still control my limbs” 25:28 Carmen (lowercase) like CARMINA (song poem or verse) 26:54 Gentleman’s Magazine 1782—Kind of an Atlantic Monthly—guess who contributed? Samuel Johnson! 27:18 M. T. Ciceroni’s Epistolae: The letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43BCE) Roman statesman, orator, philosopher, and writer with 800+ letters surviving Heather before recording, in garden, with skewer pack: 28:41 “Rod in a pickle” - rod, method of punishment; pickle, something preserved for future use. 29:42 Life is a vale of tears: Psalm 84:6 also, description of a helicopter parent feels marvelously modern 30:21 Mrs Chapone (1727-1801) Contributed to the Rambler AND Gentleman’s Magazine and wrote “Letters on the Improvement of the Mind (1773) and Mrs Carter (1717-1806) many languages and in 1758 published first translation of Epictetus THE Stoic Philosopher. 31:32 “Before Miss Edgeworth’s ‘Patronage’ had banished wafers from polite society…”: Patronage was a book (1814) with a character who was offended by a letter she received that was sealed with a wafer: “I wonder how any man can have the impertinence to send me his spittle” (I, 248) 33:06 “Old original post with stamp in the corner” not exactly the right watermark, but you get the idea… 34:30 “Sesquipedalian” writing - foot and a half long sesqui = 1-½ pedalis =foot looonng polysyllabic words 35:13 Buonaparte (Bony)1805 invasion fears - In case you still need to build your own 36:55 David and Goliath, son of Jesse (I Samuel 17) Apollyon (Greek version) and Abbadon (Hebrew version) are names for an archangel In Revelation 9:11—> _“And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.” (Revelation 9:11, KJV) Meaning: Abaddon (Hebrew) means “destruction” or “place of destruction.” Apollyon (Greek) means “destroyer.” It’s overblown biblical satire—calling someone “Apollyon” in Cranford is like referring to a strict schoolmarm as “Beelzebub.” 38:08 Bonus Bernardus non video omnia The Blessed Bernard does not see everything - maybe said by St Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)— This quote is often attributed (possibly apocryphally) to Peter Abelard, the 12th-century theologian, as a gentle jab at St. Bernard of Clairvaux, with whom he clashed theologically. Meaning: Even the wisest man (here, Blessed Bernard) can be wrong sometimes. Post-chapter Notes Chapone and Carter and Bluestockings (see below for big notes) real historical women writers, both part of the 18th-century English Bluestocking movement—educated, literary women who promoted female intellectualism and moral development. Gaskell is absolutely name-dropping intentionally here for Cranford’s themes of domestic gentility, moral seriousness, and self-improvement. ⸻ Mrs. Hester Chapone (1727–1801) Best known for Letters on the Improvement of the Mind (1773), addressed to her niece. It was a conduct book for young women, offering advice on moral character, reading habits, and proper behavior. Hugely popular—Cranford-adjacent readers would know her by name. ⸻ Mrs. Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806) A respected scholar, translator, and poet—a genuine intellectual heavyweight. Famously translated the Discourses of Epictetus from Greek in 1758—the first English translation by a woman, and one of the first of Epictetus at all. She knew multiple classical and modern languages and was close friends with figures like Samuel Johnson and Hannah More. *CraftLit’s Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9  • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/ • TikTok podcast: https://www.tiktok.com/@craftlit • Email: [email protected] • Previous CraftLit Classics can be found here: https://bit.ly/craftlit-library-2023   * THE SHOW!* • CraftLit App feed bit.ly/libsyncraftlit (only one tier available) • PATREON:   https://patreon.com/craftlit (all tiers, below) ——Walter Harright -  $5/mo for the same audio as on App ——Jane Eyre - $10/mo for even-month Book Parties ——Mina Harker - $15/mo for odd-month Watch Parties *All tiers and benefits are also available as* —*YouTube Channel hips*  —*Ko-Fi* https://ko-fi.com/craftlit  —*NEW* at CraftLit.com — hips https://craftlit.com/hip-levels/ *IF you want to a particular Book or Watch Patry but you don't want to any of the above hip options*, please use PayPal.me/craftlit or CraftLit @ Venmo and include what you want to attend in the message field. 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Ep. 682: Cranford | Chapter 4 Book talk begins at 10:00 A mysterious stranger stirs up gossip, secrets slip out over tea, and Miss Matty’s world gets just a little more complicated. --------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Episode start 01:56 MAY RAFFLE - Sir Walter Scott Cross stitch from Rebecca S (Of Book it with Becca, who wrote the wonderful post: 2:42 The dimensions of the cross-stitch are 9”x11” (23cmx30cm) Also, Plum Deluxe’s CraftLit tea collection is here:  03:55 - and and 06:12 07:18 - Thin Man Movie Watch Party, May 24, 2025. If you need to level-up to us 09:54 - Re- hash Chapter 3: A Love Affair of Long Ago - Miss Matty Jenkyns reminisces about her past romance with Mr. Holbrook, which was thwarted by her family’s disapproval.  Miss J couldn’t SUCK an orange (then by ch 3 she was gone from us) Martha, the new girl of all work trying to learn how to do her job and nudging Major Jenkyns when he didn’t serve himself fast enough 11:00 Miss Matilda SATE bolt upright (not a typo) 11:16 Poetry today from George Herbert—selections from will be featured at the end of the episodes, Euan Bartlett is the reader 12:00 “Pudding before meat” and “no broth no ball; no ball, no beef” Suet Pudding: Spotted Dick pudding: Steak and Kidney pudding: Yorkshire Pudding 14:00 15:32 Old fashioned forks - like 16th Century/1500s - were two-tine forks. 16:44 “Aminé at her grains of rice after her previous feast with the Ghoul” - from “The Story of Sidi-Nouman” from One Thousand and One Nights (1765-8) Aminé is wife of Sidi Nouman who notices she only eats rice with a bodkin. He figures out she’s a Ghoul who goes to cemeteries at night to feast on the newly-buried dead so rice was pretty ‘meh’ for her.  17:48 “Unbecoming to put on over their caps” - threw me b/c of the Caleche’s in Dracula - turns out they’re related! Retractable hood to put over a cap! 19:34 Tennyson - a line about cedars from 1842’s and in the original text It’s missing from the published version so a conversation turn would have been less of an utter non-sequiter in the OG version. 20:30 Headsup for the crocheters in our midst. 20:48 - not included accidentally. 21:04 Visiting rules - more 49:40 ‘“My cousin might make a drive, I think,” said Miss Pole, who was afraid of ear-ache, and had only her cap on. ’— spectacular set of non-sequiters (p41) 53:30 I saw, I imitated, I survived - Mary Smith as Cæsar - using rounded knife tip as a spoon-ish food delivery device Don’t forget! George Herbert’s poetry often draws on the natural world, gardens, and quiet reflection: 1. “The Flower” Theme: Renewal, the seasons of the soul, joy in growth Perfect for July because: It celebrates the resurgence of beauty and hope—after cold or darkness, flowers bloom again. “Grief melts away Like snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing.” “Who would have thought my shriveled heart Could have recovered greenness? It was gone Quite underground; as flowers depart To see their mother-root, when they have blown.” “Thy garden is not bare; And I shall find once more The sweet communion with thy saints.” 2. “Easter” Yes, it’s tied to the holiday, but it also celebrates light and blooming. “Rise heart; thy Lord is risen. Sing his praise Without delays, Who takes thee by the hand, that thou likewise With him mayst rise.” Pair this with literal rising things—morning sun, lilies, tall foxgloves. 3. “The Pulley” Theme: Why God withholds perfect rest—so we seek Him. This works well in summer, when life feels abundant, but still leaves a twinge of longing. “When God at first made man, Having a glass of blessings standing by…” (and yet withheld rest, to draw man’s soul back to God) A beautiful idea for a reflective pause among too-perfect blooms. 4. “Love (III)” Theme: Divine love, human unworthiness, and acceptance It’s more theological, but gentle and moving—great for a quiet bench moment in a shady corner. “Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back…” “You must sit down,” says Love, “and taste my meat.” So I did sit and eat.” It pairs beautifully with the hum of bees and the hospitality of a garden. If you want a very short quote for your garden journal or bench-musing: • “Thou hast given me this herb of grace to smell and taste.” — from “Grace” • “Sweet rose, whose hue angry and brave…” — from “Virtue” • “He that in mirth and youthful jollity keeps measure, is more temperate than he that lets his sorrow flow out without check.” — from his prose The Country Parson *CraftLit’s Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9  • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/ • TikTok podcast: https://www.tiktok.com/@craftlit • Email: [email protected] • Previous CraftLit Classics can be found here: * THE SHOW!* • CraftLit App feed bit.ly/libsyncraftlit (only one tier available) • PATREON:   https://patreon.com/craftlit (all tiers, below) ——Walter Harright -  $5/mo for the same audio as on App ——Jane Eyre - $10/mo for even-month Book Parties ——Mina Harker - $15/mo for odd-month Watch Parties *All tiers and benefits are also available as* —*YouTube Channel hips*  —*Ko-Fi* https://ko-fi.com/craftlit  —*NEW* at CraftLit.com — hips https://craftlit.com/hip-levels/ *IF you want to a particular Book or Watch Patry but you don't want to any of the above hip options*, please use PayPal.me/craftlit or CraftLit @ Venmo and include what you want to attend in the message field. 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Ep. 681: Cranford | Chapter 3 Book talk begins at 15:00 A mysterious gentleman caller? A missed dinner invite gone socially sideways? Things are getting awkwardly entertaining in the most delightfully proper way. --------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Episode start 03:00 Knitting Comfortably: The ergonomics of knitting by Carson Demers “Wuv. TWOO Wuv…” 04:16 BOOK PARTY WAS Thursday April 24th for The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett - the Watch party will be may 29th. If you need to level-up to us 05:00 trailer 05:36 Plum Deluxe Herbal—I found out this was a special blend that might no longer be available but you can ** 07:08 You can call the show from the App or 206-350-1642 or speakpipe.com/craftlit 8:05 and let us know what text you want on the screen during your video (promote your shop!) 10:45 also check out other indie online bookshops and or Powell’s. OLD FARLEY’S (with the cat older than I am) Pics of The Salt House 13:28 Heather attempts gardening on a deck without a hose. Sympathy and/or hints are welcomed ;) 15:35 Start of booktalk 19:20 Hortus Siccus - an arranged collection of dried plants 20:19 in the miniseries 21:14 Articles of Engagement - rules for your servants (a contract) 22:00 wine and dessert (really wine and nuts) 22:44 Recondite - something difficult to understand 23:15 23:42 by Charles Perrault (who did NOT write the version of Tristan and Isolde we listened to) Moral: Curiosity, in spite of its appeal, often leads to deep regret. To the displeasure of many a maiden, its enjoyment is short lived. Once satisfied, it ceases to exist, and always costs dearly. Another moral: Apply logic to this grim story, and you will ascertain that it took place many years ago. No husband of our age would be so terrible as to demand the impossible of his wife, nor would he be such a jealous malcontent. For, whatever the color of her husband’s beard, the wife of today will let him know who the master is. (Heather’s note: I just had to add those here as I found them after I recorded) Andrew Lang, The Blue Fairy Book (London: Longmans, Green, and Company, ca. 1889), pp. 290-295. Lang’s source: Charles Perrault, “La Barbe bleüe, “Histoires ou contes du temps é, avec des moralités: Contes de ma mère l’Oye (Paris, 1697). And just for fun because I’ve mentioned it before: and - . Another tale by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm about a sinister bridegroom (Aarne-Thompson type 955).—The is wrapped around the Bluebeard story like a tourniquet! 24:50 “Leave me to repose…” from poem by Thomas Gray (of “ 25:55 “Pride which apes humility” from “The Devil’s Thoughts” “The Devil’s Thoughts” is a satirical poem in common metre by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, published in 1799, and expanded by Robert Southey in 1827 and retitled “The Devil’s Walk” (Heather: AH HA! Now it makes sense). The narrative describes the Devil going walking and enjoying the sight of the various sins of mankind. Originally published: 1799 Authors: , 27:24 Yeoman vs Esquire 29:15 Castle Building (aka, wool-gathering) - 30:17 CHAPTER AUDIO BEGINS - Heather makes wool slippers using from YouMakeItSimple.com 52:46 POST-CHAPTER CHAT 53:45 , from Brenda Dayne 56:25 Serve from the Left details: Serving: - Plates: Plates are served from the left, using your left hand to place the plate, allowing the server to use their right hand to avoid crossing in front of the guest. Beverages: Beverages, such as water and wine, are poured from the right, as glasses are typically placed to the right of the guest’s plate. Sides: Sides like bread and vegetables are also served from the left. Clearing: Plates: Plates are cleared from the right, using your right hand to remove the plate.  Exceptions: If a guest is obstructing the way on the right, or if there is an object on the right side, a server may need to serve from the right.  Some restaurants may have their own protocols for serving, whether it’s to the right or left.  Why Serve from the Left? Serving from the left is considered less intrusive for right-handed diners, as it avoids the server having to reach across the guest.  It also allows the server to carry the food in their left hand and serve with their right hand, without crossing their arms in front of the guest. 57:20   *CraftLit’s Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9  • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/ • TikTok podcast: https://www.tiktok.com/@craftlit • Email: [email protected] • Previous CraftLit Classics can be found here: https://bit.ly/craftlit-library-2023   * THE SHOW!* • CraftLit App feed bit.ly/libsyncraftlit (only one tier available) • PATREON:   https://patreon.com/craftlit (all tiers, below) ——Walter Harright -  $5/mo for the same audio as on App ——Jane Eyre - $10/mo for even-month Book Parties ——Mina Harker - $15/mo for odd-month Watch Parties *All tiers and benefits are also available as* —*YouTube Channel hips*  —*Ko-Fi* https://ko-fi.com/craftlit  —*NEW* at CraftLit.com — hips https://craftlit.com/hip-levels/ *IF you want to a particular Book or Watch Patry but you don't want to any of the above hip options*, please use PayPal.me/craftlit or CraftLit @ Venmo and include what you want to attend in the message field. 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Ep. 680: Cranford | Chapter 2 Book talk begins at 6:13. This week’s chapter is a sobering reminder that small towns sometimes carry the heaviest stories. Also, we get another battle over Dickens vs. Johnson (yep, that again). --------------------------------------------------------------- • 02:40 - : Listen to “The Blog” (4 min vs 19 min on “The Gist—yes, he titled them in reverse). This is one of the Long-Covid papers we’ve been waiting for. PEM—post-exertional malaise is “feeling tired/sore a day after a workout” on crack. • PEM pain and brain fog can last up to two weeks after exertion…The Rank Study he mentions is the group saying “duh m’dude. If you’ve been in bed for a year yer gonna be tired after a workouta. You gotta get back on your exercise routine and qitcherbellyaching” —a theory that’s led to permanent patient paralysis. The other study is big because it indicates that the damage is mitochondrial, not systematic (i.e., we’re getting plenty of blood to our muscles. The muscles just can’t do anything WITH that oxygen) • —and from the People who created the Visible app that has saved my life (MakeVisible.com) • 03:20 Snake Oil!!! • 04:03 Raffle of Knitting Companion, the amazing book. the raffle here: • 06:13 BOOK TALK BEGINS • 06:40 - Re-hash Ch 1 • 09:35 - Humor and Gaskell • 10:40 - Plum Deluxe Bookshop Blend White. Visit to learn more. • 11:20 - Who’s the narrator?! • 12:26 - Bakehouses • 14:20 - Flints haberdashery in London (real place) • 15:15 - Biblical DebORah (the pronunciation that should be used ahem) read about her in Judges 4:4. • 15:36 - “Strong minded” women - yeah, that was an insult. Kinda like “She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted…” when Elizabeth Warren tried to read a letter from Coretta Scott King into the Congressional Record in February 2017. See Mary Wollstonecraft on masculine women on • 17:50 - - this is not the one I ed (they haven’t digitised their entire collection) but it DOES have a shocking poem in it—by a 14 year old girl. • 18:50 - Just a heads up: Gaskell sort of doesn’t really quote things accurately—at this time code she’s sort of quoting Hamlet, she also makes up words like Brunonian • 20:02 - Sort of quoting Alexander Pope “Imitations of Horace” 1733 • 20:17 - Sort of quoting/sub-referencing Spenser’s “The Faerie Queene” IV:3;32, 1596 • 20:55 - Nasty cruel Railroads. Yup. • 22:17 - The guy who got a railroad spike through his head - Phineas Gage () • 23:13 - Bonnet as helmet • In fashion in 1820. Not in fashion by the 1840s: • 24:50   *CraftLit’s Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9  • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/ • TikTok podcast: https://www.tiktok.com/@craftlit • Email: [email protected] • Previous CraftLit Classics can be found here: https://bit.ly/craftlit-library-2023   * THE SHOW!* • CraftLit App feed bit.ly/libsyncraftlit (only one tier available) • PATREON:   https://patreon.com/craftlit (all tiers, below) ——Walter Harright -  $5/mo for the same audio as on App ——Jane Eyre - $10/mo for even-month Book Parties ——Mina Harker - $15/mo for odd-month Watch Parties *All tiers and benefits are also available as* —*YouTube Channel hips*  —*Ko-Fi* https://ko-fi.com/craftlit  —*NEW* at CraftLit.com — hips https://craftlit.com/hip-levels/ *IF you want to a particular Book or Watch Patry but you don't want to any of the above hip options*, please use PayPal.me/craftlit or CraftLit @ Venmo and include what you want to attend in the message field. Please give us at least 24 hours to get your message and add you to the attendee list.     • the FREE CraftLit App for iOS or Android (you can call or email straight from within the app) • Call 1-206-350-1642

Ep. 679: Cranford | Chapter 1 Book talk begins at 16:10. We’re diving into a brand-new book, and this one’s got all the charm, wit, and genteel gossip you could ask for! The reigning queen of propriety, Miss Deborah Jenkyns, has thoughts about everything—from how to properly serve dinner to why men are mostly unnecessary. But when a certain Captain Brown dares to disrupt the delicate social balance, will Cranford’s ladies be able to keep their composure? --------------------------------------------------------------- • 03:20 - Actually, we announced the raffle on 4/4/25. More info and entry information here: • 04:50 - • and • 05:50 - • 06:07 - • 06:37 - • 06:44 - Other books of Elizabeth Gaskell: , , and • 07:31 - • 07:50 - and the • 10:25 - • 10:42 - • 12:34 - • 12:41 - • 16:20 - • 16:43 - and • 17:39 - and • 20:00 - • 21:00 - • 23:26 - • 24:00 - • 25:05 - by • 25:43 - • 25:52 - designed by THE Brenda Dayne • • • • How to play Whist and • • • • • and •   *CraftLit’s Socials* • Find everything here: https://www.linktr.ee/craftlitchannel • the newsletter: http://eepurl.com/2raf9  • Podcast site: http://craftlit.com • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CraftLit/ • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/craftlit • Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/craftlit/ • TikTok podcast: https://www.tiktok.com/@craftlit • Email: [email protected] • Previous CraftLit Classics can be found here: https://bit.ly/craftlit-library-2023   * THE SHOW!* • CraftLit App feed bit.ly/libsyncraftlit (only one tier available) • PATREON:   https://patreon.com/craftlit (all tiers, below) ——Walter Harright -  $5/mo for the same audio as on App ——Jane Eyre - $10/mo for even-month Book Parties ——Mina Harker - $15/mo for odd-month Watch Parties *All tiers and benefits are also available as* —*YouTube Channel hips*  —*Ko-Fi* https://ko-fi.com/craftlit  —*NEW* at CraftLit.com — hips https://craftlit.com/hip-levels/ *IF you want to a particular Book or Watch Patry but you don't want to any of the above hip options*, please use PayPal.me/craftlit or CraftLit @ Venmo and include what you want to attend in the message field. Please give us at least 24 hours to get your message and add you to the attendee list.     • the FREE CraftLit App for iOS or Android (you can call or email straight from within the app) • Call 1-206-350-1642

00:00 Raffle Announcement & Cranford Start Date  00:21 Special Book Raffle: Knitting Comfortably - 04:17 Personal Update: Long Covid and Lecture Gigs 08:01 CraftLit Podcast Updates and Future Plans 12:14 Technical Issues and App Information - 14:51 Events and Watch Parties -   16:45 Final Thoughts and Farewell

Full Video Series at Mary Wollstonecraft Eats the Rich and Eviscerates the Haters 00:00 Opening 01:07  I Have Notes 03:28 Challenges of Change and Freedom 09:57 Education and Women's Dependency 12:49 Women's Power and Societal Expectations 14:04 Equal Education and Virtue 17:45 Critique of Chivalry and Courtesy 20:38 Conclusion and Content 21:35 START of Chapter 4 and Women's Degradation 24:19 The Role of Reason and Rationality 29:04 Cultural and Societal Influences 31:16 The Pursuit of Pleasure and Its Consequences 38:22 The Impact of Education and Social Expectations 43:10 Comparisons with the Rich and Powerful 45:01 Adam Smith Extended Quote Starts Here 53:41 The Call for Equality and Rational Education 55:20 Like Emma's Reading List! 56:38 (I swear, Austen memorized this bit!) 59:50 (Possibly my favorite part of the book to date—HA!) 1:00:50 Tenant of Wildfell Hall parallel 01:06:03 END of Ch 4 Part 1 • If you've never read Anne Brontë, please take a listen to CraftLit's "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" (starts with episode 516—https://bit.ly/craftlit-tenant). She's the most shocking, most modern, and arguably the best of the Brontë writers. You likely missed her b/c Charlotte didn't like this book's 'sensibilities' and did what she could to ghost it after Anne's death. Bad Charlotte! • "Seventy-times-seven" please see Aarne-Thompson  Tale-Types & Motifs for more:

Full Video Series at Mary Wollstonecraft goes off on Rousseau, hoisting him with his own Petard, as it were.* 00:00 Opening 00:57 I Have Notes 06:26 CHAPTER 3 06:44 Introduction to Bodily Strength and Gender 07:34 Misconceptions About Genius and Health 10:21 The Superiority Debate: Men vs. Women 11:43 ROUSSEAU Footnote: Why Women Can't ________ 17:38 Education and Female Virtue 19:01 EXTENSIVE   FOOTNOTE from Mr. Day's "Sandford and Merton", Vol III 22:30  Critique of Rousseau's Views on Women 27:11 ROUSSEAU Quote re Girls & Dolls & Coquettes 30:39 ROUSSEAU Footnote on Girl Writing the Letter "O" 36:30 The Consequences of Female Subjugation 38:05 The Call for Rational Education 40:51 The Corruption of Power and Female Dignity 41:24 Revolutionizing Female Manners 44:55 The Nature of Worship and Rational Conduct 47:20 The Role of Women in Society 51:53 The Consequences of Dependence 54:36 ROUSSEAU Footnote: Men Have All The Good Qualities (sorry ladies!) 01:02:06 ROUSSEAU Footnote - "How Lovely is Her Ignorance" 01:07:13 Summing Up: The Call for Rational Virtues 01:10:53 Outro • Xiran Jay Zhao, Author of "Iron Widow" has an amazing Channel chock full of things you never knew you needed to learn—but you do.    /   • If you've never read Anne Brontë, please take a listen to CraftLit's "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" (starts with episode 516—). She's the most shocking, most modern, and arguably the best of the Brontë writers. You likely missed her b/c Charlotte didn't like this book's 'sensibilities' and did what she could to ghost it after Anne's death. Bad Charlotte! *The phrase's meaning is that a bomb-maker is blown ("hoist", the past tense of "hoise") off the ground by his own bomb ("petard"), and indicates an ironic reversal or poetic justice. []

Twelfth Day of CraftLit (2024) All of CraftLit's Christmas episodes can be found at LINK TO DAY 1 of the Twelve Days of CraftLit— VIDEO: AUDIO ONLY: If you missed the other days, here's a quick directory: DAY 1: DAY 2: DAY 3: DAY 4: DAY 5: DAY 6: DAY 7: DAY 8: DAY 9: DAY 10: DAY 11: DAY TWELVE A Christmas Carol-in prose, being a ghost story of Christmas by Charles Dickens (The original manuscript) narrated by for Part 1 - Staves 1-2 Part 2 - Stave 3 Part 3 - Staves 4-5 _____ Digital Audiobook Shop:  CraftLit’s Socials Find everything here:  the newsletter: Podcast site: Facebook: Facebook group: Pinterest: TikTok podcast: Spooky Narration: Email: Call and share your thoughts! 1-206-350-1642 THE SHOW! CraftLit App feed  (only one tier available) PATREON:  (all tiers, below) Walter Harright - $5/mo for the same audio as on App Jane Eyre - $10/mo for even-month Book Parties Mina Harker - $15/mo for odd-month Watch Parties All tiers and benefits are also available as —YouTube Channel hips —Ko-Fi NEW at CraftLit.com — * SITE hip*  (identical to Patreon except more of your goes to the CraftLit Team) If you want to us for a particular Book or Watch Party but you don't want to subscribe, please use  or CraftLit @ Venmo and include what you want to attend in the message field. Please give us at least 24 hours to get your message and add you to the attendee list. the FREE CraftLit App for iOS or Android (you can call or email straight from within the app) Call 1-206-350-1642

Tenth Day of CraftLit (2024) All of CraftLit's Christmas episodes can be found at LINK TO DAY 1 of the Twelve Days of CraftLit— VIDEO: AUDIO ONLY: If you missed the other days, here's a quick directory: DAY 1: DAY 2: DAY 3: DAY 4: DAY 5: DAY 6: DAY 7: DAY 8: DAY 9: DAY TEN Christmas at Red Butte By: Lucy Maud Montgomery -       From:    eText:    Read by: Lynne Thompson -     A Christmas Surprise at Enderly Road By: Lucy Maud Montgomery -     From:    eText:    Read by: Read by Jedopi -  (27 May 1867 – 27 March 1931) Enoch Arnold Bennett was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda, and film. Read by:  (31:20) Sir Jehosephat (Sir Jee), A Cresage (?) , Whoever Velasquez might be…HA!, Some part of Mr Smith introduction was funny or important, Nelson Column  (December 5, 1869 – September 13, 1937) was an American author. He was the author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays and is most famous for his short story “”, in which a bureaucratic stationmaster insists on levying the livestock rate for a shipment of two pet guinea pigs, which soon start proliferating exponentially. Read by: GROUP: NAMES (27:23) - CUT HE SAID SHE SAIDs C. H. Grinling ( - ) aside from several books on trains and the history of railways in Britain, evidently, Mr. Grinling didn't do much else of note. Read by:  (20 March 1863 – 15 May 1930) was a novelist and playwright, born in Cunningsbury St George, Christ Church, Demerara, British Guyana. In 1894 he published his first novel, At the Gate of Samaria, but he did not achieve real success for another decade, with The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne (1905) and The Beloved Vagabond (1906). Chambers Biographical Dictionary wrote of his "long series of novels and plays which with their charmingly written sentimental themes had such a success during his life in both Britain and America... His plays, some of which were dramatised versions of his novels, were all produced with success on the London Stage Read by:  (38:47)  (1857 - 1927) was the pseudonym of the British author born Richard Bernard Heldmann. A best-selling and prolific author of the Victorian fin de siècle and the early Edwardian period, Marsh's success rivalled that of contemporary writers of popular fiction such as Marie Corelli. He is best known today for his supernatural thriller The Beetle, which was published in the same year as Bram Stoker's Dracula (1897) and was initially even more popular. Read by:  (39:32) _____ Digital Audiobook Shop:  CraftLit’s Socials Find everything here: the newsletter:  Podcast site: Facebook:  Facebook group:  Pinterest:  TikTok podcast:  Spooky Narration:  Email: Call and share your thoughts! 1-206-350-1642 THE SHOW! CraftLit App feed  (only one tier available) PATREON:  (all tiers, below) Walter Harright - $5/mo for the same audio as on App Jane Eyre - $10/mo for even-month Book Parties Mina Harker - $15/mo for odd-month Watch Parties All tiers and benefits are also available as —YouTube Channel hips —Ko-Fi NEW at  — SITE hip  (identical to Patreon except more of your goes to the CraftLit Team) If you want to us for a particular Book or Watch Party but you don't want to subscribe, please use  or CraftLit @ Venmo and include what you want to attend in the message field. Please give us at least 24 hours to get your message and add you to the attendee list. the FREE CraftLit App for iOS or Android (you can call or email straight from within the app) Call 1-206-350-1642

Eleventh Day of CraftLit (2024) All of CraftLit's Christmas episodes can be found at LINK TO DAY 1 of the Twelve Days of CraftLit— VIDEO: AUDIO ONLY: If you missed the other days, here's a quick directory: DAY 1: DAY 2: DAY 3: DAY 4: DAY 5: DAY 6: DAY 7: DAY 8: DAY 9: DAY 10: DAY ELEVEN A Rhyme for Christmas (Publication delayed by the author's determined, but futile attempt to find the rhyme) (1911) By: John Challing  (Radcyffe Hall) - From: The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII -    eText:   Read by: Alan Davis Drake -   The Errors of Santa Claus (1917) By: Stephen Butler Leacock -     From:   eText: Frenzied Fiction -   Read by: William Coon - To An Old Fogey (Who Contends that Christmas is Played Out) By: Owen Seaman -   From:   Etext: Modern British Poetry (1920) - Read by: Cori Samuel -   Vera's First Christmas Adventure (1907) By: Arnold Bennett -   From: The Grim Smile of the Five Towns -    eText:    Read by: Andy Minter -   (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's most memorable fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period. During his life, his works enjoyed unprecedented fame, and by the twentieth century his literary genius was broadly acknowledged by critics and scholars. His novels and short stories continue to be widely popular. Born in Portsmouth, England, Dickens left school to work in a factory after his father was thrown into debtors' prison. Although he had little formal education, his early impoverishment drove him to succeed. Over his career he edited a weekly journal for 20 years, wrote 15 novels, 5 novellas and hundreds of short stories and non-fiction articles, lectured and performed extensively, was an indefatigable letter writer, and campaigned vigorously for children's rights, education, and other social reforms. Read by:  (January 13, 1832 – July 18, 1899) was a prolific 19th-century American author, best known for his many formulaic juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds to lives of middle-class security and comfort through hard work, determination, courage, and honesty. Read by:  (May 27, 1862 – January 21, 1922) was an American author, editor and satirist. Read by:  (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer. His most famous works are Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Read by:  (17:18) The Night After Christmas (1907) By: Ann P.L.Field -     From:   eText:   Read by: Jan MacGillivray -   Her Birthday Dream (1916) By: Nellie C. King -       From:   eText: Christmas Stories And Legends by Phebe A. Curtiss -    Read by: Angela (BookAngel7) -   A Letter from Santa Claus  By: Samuel Clemens   From:   eText: Read by: Andrew Ordover The Philanthropist's Christmas (1913) By: James Weber Linn -   From: The Children's Book of Christmas Stories by Asa Don Dickinson and Ada M. Skinner   eText:   Read by: Kehinde -   T’was the Night before Christmas: A Visit from St. Nicholas (1823) By: Clement Clarke Moore -   eText:   Read by: Jon Scholes _____ Digital Audiobook Shop:  CraftLit’s Socials Find everything here:  the newsletter: Podcast site: Facebook: Facebook group: Pinterest: TikTok podcast: Spooky Narration: Email: Call and share your thoughts! 1-206-350-1642 THE SHOW! CraftLit App feed  (only one tier available) PATREON:  (all tiers, below) Walter Harright - $5/mo for the same audio as on App Jane Eyre - $10/mo for even-month Book Parties Mina Harker - $15/mo for odd-month Watch Parties All tiers and benefits are also available as —YouTube Channel hips —Ko-Fi NEW at CraftLit.com — * SITE hip*  (identical to Patreon except more of your goes to the CraftLit Team) If you want to us for a particular Book or Watch Party but you don't want to subscribe, please use  or CraftLit @ Venmo and include what you want to attend in the message field. Please give us at least 24 hours to get your message and add you to the attendee list. the FREE CraftLit App for iOS or Android (you can call or email straight from within the app) Call 1-206-350-1642

Ninth Day of CraftLit (2024) All of CraftLit's Christmas episodes can be found at LINK TO DAY 1 of the Twelve Days of CraftLit— VIDEO: AUDIO ONLY: If you missed the other days, here's a quick directory: DAY 1: DAY 2: DAY 3: DAY 4: DAY 5: DAY 6: DAY 7: DAY 8: DAY NINE A Christmas Inspiration  By: Lucy Maud Montgomery -   From:    eText:   Read by: Darcia Douglass -     A Christmas Mistake By: Lucy Maud Montgomery -   From:   eText:   Read by: TriciaG -    (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898) better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass, as well as the poems "The Hunting of the Snark" and "Jabberwocky", all examples of the genre of literary nonsense. He is noted for his facility at word play, logic, and fantasy, and there are societies in many parts of the world (including the United Kingdom, Japan, the United States, and New Zealand) dedicated to the enjoyment and promotion of his works and the investigation of his life. Read by:  (1:17)  (19 September 1796 – 6 January 1849) was an English poet, biographer, essayist, and teacher. He was the eldest son of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Read by:  (1:17) Stella C Shetter (c. 1879 - 1937) was a short story writer who in 1933 won a national contest sponsored by the American Legion. Read by:  (6:37) A little insight into customs from other times  (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) 1st Baronet was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world during his time. Scott was the first English-language author to have a truly international career in his lifetime, with many contemporary readers in Europe, Australia, and North America. His novels and poetry are still read, and many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and of Scottish literature. Famous titles include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, The Lady of the Lake, Waverley, The Heart of Midlothian, and The Bride of Lammermoor. Read by:  (2:35)  (13 July 1793 – 20 May 1864) was an English poet, the son of a farm labourer, who came to be known for his celebratory representations of the English countryside and his lamentation of its disruption. Read by:  (6:03) Morris Dance, Harlequin + hunchback  (12 March 1799 – 30 January 1888) was an English poet, and author of the famous poem The Spider and the Fly. She was educated at home, and read widely; she commenced writing verses at a very early age. Together with her husband, William Howitt, she wrote over 180 books. Read by:  (1:45)  (December 15, 1845 – July 29, 1928) was an American writer and historian. She devoted herself chiefly to the study of the social history of the Colonial and Revolutionary periods of the United States, wrote a number of entertaining books and magazine articles in this field, and was chosen historian of the The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. Read by:  (12:07) Christmas on Wheels (1895) By: Willis Boyd Allen -   From: Christmas on Wheels -   eText:    Read by: David Wales -   Christmas and the Literature of Disillusion (1908) By: Samuel McCord Crothers -   From: By the Christmas Fire -   eText:   Read by: Andrew Ordover -   Barney's Tale of the Wee Red Cap (1916) By: Ruth Sawyer -   From: This Way to Christmas -   eText:   Read by: Jonathan Uffelman _____ Digital Audiobook Shop:  CraftLit’s Socials Find everything here: the newsletter:  Podcast site: Facebook:  Facebook group:  Pinterest:  TikTok podcast:  Spooky Narration:  Email: Call and share your thoughts! 1-206-350-1642 THE SHOW! CraftLit App feed  (only one tier available) PATREON:  (all tiers, below) Walter Harright - $5/mo for the same audio as on App Jane Eyre - $10/mo for even-month Book Parties Mina Harker - $15/mo for odd-month Watch Parties All tiers and benefits are also available as —YouTube Channel hips —Ko-Fi NEW at  — SITE hip  (identical to Patreon except more of your goes to the CraftLit Team) If you want to us for a particular Book or Watch Party but you don't want to subscribe, please use  or CraftLit @ Venmo and include what you want to attend in the message field. Please give us at least 24 hours to get your message and add you to the attendee list. the FREE CraftLit App for iOS or Android (you can call or email straight from within the app) Call 1-206-350-1642

Eighth Day of CraftLit (2024) All of CraftLit's Christmas episodes can be found at LINK TO DAY 1 of the Twelve Days of CraftLit— VIDEO: AUDIO ONLY: If you missed the other days, here's a quick directory: DAY 1: DAY 2: DAY 3: DAY 4: DAY 5: DAY 6: DAY 7: DAY EIGHT   A Conscience Pudding (1904) By: Edith Nesbit -     From:   eText:   Read by: Cori Samuel -   (c.1841 - 1919) daughter of Henry Morgan-Clifford, a British Liberal Party politician, and wife of the 15th/25th Baron Dunboyne, an Irish peer. She sometimes also wrote under her married name Marion Clifford-Butler. Read by: (23:49) (1864 - 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish-American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His writing greatly assisted the political career of Theodore Roosevelt and he also played a major role in the evolution of the American magazine. Read by: (15:10) Christmas Every Day (2007) By: William Dean Howells -   From: Christmas Every Day and Other Stories -   eText:   Read by: Brian Hostick & Jessica Mells - Christmas and the Sprit of Democracy (1908) By: Samuel McCord Crothers -   From: By the Christmas Fire -   eText:   Read by: Andrew Ordover -   Why the Chimes Rang (1909) By: Raymond Macdonald Alden -   Producer: Duncan MacDougald, Jr. From: Why the Chimes Rang eText: Read by: Ted Malone, Dick Leibert _____ Digital Audiobook Shop:  CraftLit’s Socials Find everything here:  the newsletter:  Podcast site: http://craftlit.com Facebook:  Facebook group:  Pinterest:  TikTok podcast:  Spooky Narration:  Email: [email protected] Call and share your thoughts! 1-206-350-1642 THE SHOW! CraftLit App feed  (only one tier available) PATREON:  (all tiers, below) Walter Harright - $5/mo for the same audio as on App Jane Eyre - $10/mo for even-month Book Parties Mina Harker - $15/mo for odd-month Watch Parties All tiers and benefits are also available as —YouTube Channel hips —Ko-Fi NEW at CraftLit.com — * SITE hip*  (identical to Patreon except more of your goes to the CraftLit Team) If you want to us for a particular Book or Watch Party but you don't want to subscribe, please use  or CraftLit @ Venmo and include what you want to attend in the message field. Please give us at least 24 hours to get your message and add you to the attendee list. the FREE CraftLit App for iOS or Android (you can call or email straight from within the app) Call 1-206-350-1642

Seventh Day of CraftLit (2024) All of CraftLit's Christmas episodes can be found at LINK TO DAY 1 of the Twelve Days of CraftLit— VIDEO: AUDIO ONLY: If you missed the other days, here's a quick directory: DAY 1: DAY 2: DAY 3: DAY 4: DAY 5: DAY 6: DAY SEVEN The Eve of St. Nicholas  By: Elizabeth M. Laws Hibberd / Faith Wynne (1836 - c. 1930) -     From:   eText: What the Little Bird Told the Christmas Tree (1913)    Read by: Ruth Golding -   The Thin Santa Claus or The Chicken Yard That Was a Christmas Stocking (1909) By: Ellis Parker Butler -     From:   eText:   Read by: Several readers - Read by: (2:09) (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly ed for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book (a collection of stories which includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"), Just So Stories (1902), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888); and his poems, including "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), and "If—" (1910). Read by: (3:16) (11 December 1883, Ogden, Utah –22 February 1963, Wadsworth, Kansas) was a soldier in both the British and American armies of World War I, and an author, screenwriter, actor and movie producer. Read by: (14:18) (18 June 1855 – 18 February 1913) was an Australian short-story writer and novelist. Read by: (14:35) (1862 - 1934) - Read by: (5:18) A Spin for the Ages (2023) By: Bob Greenberger         Read by: Aiden Ordover _____ Digital Audiobook Shop:  CraftLit’s Socials Find everything here:  the newsletter:  Podcast site: http://craftlit.com Facebook:  Facebook group:  Pinterest:  TikTok podcast:  Spooky Narration:  Email: [email protected] Call and share your thoughts! 1-206-350-1642 THE SHOW! CraftLit App feed  (only one tier available) PATREON:  (all tiers, below) Walter Harright - $5/mo for the same audio as on App Jane Eyre - $10/mo for even-month Book Parties Mina Harker - $15/mo for odd-month Watch Parties All tiers and benefits are also available as —YouTube Channel hips —Ko-Fi NEW at CraftLit.com — * SITE hip*  (identical to Patreon except more of your goes to the CraftLit Team) If you want to us for a particular Book or Watch Party but you don't want to subscribe, please use  or CraftLit @ Venmo and include what you want to attend in the message field. Please give us at least 24 hours to get your message and add you to the attendee list. the FREE CraftLit App for iOS or Android (you can call or email straight from within the app) Call 1-206-350-1642

Sixth Day of CraftLit (2024) All of CraftLit's Christmas episodes can be found at LINK TO DAY 1 of the Twelve Days of CraftLit— VIDEO: AUDIO ONLY: If you missed the other days, here's a quick directory: DAY 1: DAY 2: DAY 3: DAY 4: DAY 5: DAY SIX Reginald on Christmas Presents (1904) By: Saki -    From: Reginald (1904) -    eText:   Read by: Bob Gonzalez -     Grandmother's Christmas Story (1913) By: Elizabeth M. Laws Hibberd / Faith Wynne (1836 - c. 1930) -   /   From:   eText: What the Little Bird Told the Christmas Tree (1913)   Read by: Ruth Golding -   Reginald’s Christmas Revel (1904) By: Saki -    From: Reginald (1904) -    eText:   Read by: Bob Gonzalez -   -       Read by:  6:45 -       Read by:   (February 22, 1833-August 10, 1906) also known as Sophie May, was an American author of children's fiction. She also wrote under the pseudonym Ellis Towne.       Read by:   Just a sweet little story of a child’s Christmas dream - 19th Century fan fiction. -      Read by: Heather -       Read by:  13.37 Christmas Storms & Sunshine (1848) By: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell -   From: eText:   Read by: Ruth Golding -   _____ Digital Audiobook Shop:  CraftLit’s Socials Find everything here:  the newsletter:  Podcast site: http://craftlit.com Facebook:  Facebook group:  Pinterest:  TikTok podcast:  Spooky Narration:  Email: [email protected] Call and share your thoughts! 1-206-350-1642 THE SHOW! CraftLit App feed  (only one tier available) PATREON:  (all tiers, below) Walter Harright - $5/mo for the same audio as on App Jane Eyre - $10/mo for even-month Book Parties Mina Harker - $15/mo for odd-month Watch Parties All tiers and benefits are also available as —YouTube Channel hips —Ko-Fi NEW at CraftLit.com — * SITE hip*  (identical to Patreon except more of your goes to the CraftLit Team) If you want to us for a particular Book or Watch Party but you don't want to subscribe, please use  or CraftLit @ Venmo and include what you want to attend in the message field. Please give us at least 24 hours to get your message and add you to the attendee list. the FREE CraftLit App for iOS or Android (you can call or email straight from within the app) Call 1-206-350-1642

Fifth Day of CraftLit (2024) All of CraftLit's Christmas episodes can be found at LINK TO DAY 1 of the Twelve Days of CraftLit— VIDEO: AUDIO ONLY: If you missed the other days, here's a quick directory: DAY 1: DAY 2: DAY 3: DAY 4: DAY FIVE The Snow Man (1902) By: Alfred B. Cooper (1863 - 1936) - From: eText: (interactive) Read by: Garth Burton -   Yes Virginia... (1897) By: Francis P. Church - From: eText: Read by: 2Bears - (September 1, 1849 – October 31, 1927) was an American educator. She was the founder and first president of what is today National Louis University.[1] Harrison was a pioneer in creating professional standards for early childhood teachers and in promoting early childhood education. Read by: Heather Ordover (15 March 1791–9 March 1873) was an English publisher, editor and author. The son of a bookseller and printer at Windsor, he was apprenticed to his father. On completion of his indentures he took up journalism and had an interest in several newspaper speculations, including the Windsor, Slough and Eton Express. from Household Words > Volume II > Page 300 December 21, 1850 (to “turn the page”, look in the upper right for the ‘previous page’ ‘next page’) The Truce of God (1920) By: Mary Roberts Rinehart - From: eText: Read by: Mary Ann Spiegel - _____ Digital Audiobook Shop:  CraftLit’s Socials Find everything here:  the newsletter:  Podcast site: http://craftlit.com Facebook:  Facebook group:  Pinterest:  TikTok podcast:  Spooky Narration:  Email: [email protected] Call and share your thoughts! 1-206-350-1642 THE SHOW! CraftLit App feed  (only one tier available) PATREON:  (all tiers, below) Walter Harright - $5/mo for the same audio as on App Jane Eyre - $10/mo for even-month Book Parties Mina Harker - $15/mo for odd-month Watch Parties All tiers and benefits are also available as —YouTube Channel hips —Ko-Fi NEW at CraftLit.com — * SITE hip*  (identical to Patreon except more of your goes to the CraftLit Team) If you want to us for a particular Book or Watch Party but you don't want to subscribe, please use  or CraftLit @ Venmo and include what you want to attend in the message field. Please give us at least 24 hours to get your message and add you to the attendee list. the FREE CraftLit App for iOS or Android (you can call or email straight from within the app) Call 1-206-350-1642