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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: "What do you do with a problem like Emma?" 2:42 The dimensions of the cross-stitch are 9"x11" (23cmx30cm) Also, Plum Deluxe's CraftLit tea collection is here: https://bit.ly/craftlit-pdtea 03:55 - Gardening Olla DIY video 1 and a plastic bottle version and gardening video with fake drip irrigation 06:12 Send us your crafty videos! 07:18 - Thin Man Movie Watch Party, May 24, 2025. If you need to level-up to join us we've made it easy! 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 Yorkshire Pudding, a Humble History 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 calashes 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 "The Gardiner's Daughter" 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 "Locksley Hall" by Tennyson - 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! SEND US YOUR CRAFTY VIDEOS 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
