693: Ch 15 — Cranford

Ep. 693: Cranford | Chapter 15

Book talk begins at 22:26

Cranford wraps up with surprise marriages, booming tea sales, Mrs. Jamieson's selective approval, and the long-awaited return of a familiar face—serving one final cup of genteel drama and heartwarming resolution.

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3:20 JULY - Botanical Knits: 12 Designs inspired by trees and foliage by Alana Davos of Never Not Knitting 04:57 THIS WEEK'S TEA: Gratitude Blend https://bit.ly/craftlit-pdteaDon't forget to send us your crafty videos

07:10- review of Knit Nation

9:00 stitch of the month

around 10:08 - I'm talking about what NOT to use the stitch for around 10:29 here's my swatch

around 12:18 color header pic The inner edge of odd pages has the page number :(

22:26 START BOOK TALK

22:30 We had a marvelous chapter 14, and the start of Miss Matty's tea chop (and comfit dispensary) 23:17 HumanKind: a hopeful history by Rutger Bregman

25:00 TEA!

• Congou - Chinese Black tea popular in 19th Century
• (Lapsang) Souchong - fine variety of above; smoked-dried over pinewood fires (so it takes kind of marvelously smokey)
• Gunpowder - fine type of green tea - EACH LEAF is rolled up to look granular (I checked, and yes, you can watch the leaves unroll while it steeps!)
• Pekoe - superior black tea picked when leaves are still young and downy (Plum Deluxe has a Pekoe Ceylon Tea—because pekoe is actually a tea grade not a falvor profile!)

26:31 - Holy smoke! Samuel Johnson's Dictionary is ONLINE now!

26:50 - The old Hundredth - musical version of Psalm 100 "All people that on earth do dwell" (Heather actually played it on the piano for you!)

28:05 - Baron Munchausen stories, all free to read or download: Public Domain Texts - Raspe's Original English Edition (1785) The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen

→ Project Gutenberg - Bürger's German Expansion (1786)

Wunderbare Reisen zu Wasser und Lande, Feldzüge und lustige Abenteuer des Freiherrn von Münchhausen

→ German Text on Projekt Gutenberg-DE - Illustrated Edition (Gustave Doré, 1862)

Beautifully illustrated version:

→ Internet Archive Scan - English Edition with Illustrations (1895)

Baron Munchausen: His Travels and Surprising Adventures in Russia (Includes famous illustrations)

→ Project Gutenberg Free Audiobooks - LibriVox (English audiobook)

→ Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen (LibriVox) - LibriVox (German audiobook)

→ Wunderbare Reisen… (LibriVox)

30:46 - More on the Siege of Rangoon (1824)

32:20 - Chapter Audio 01:06:22 - Post-chapter Notes

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