We are reading Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South
, chapter 25, with many thanks to our reader, Barbara Edleman. Book talk begins at 19:20 minutes.
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Literary Links of Interest for this chapter |
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- Jellies
- Various Victorian Medicine Sites
- History of Victorian Pharmacies
- Pills, Custard, and Plaster
- Early Victorian Era Make-up
- Knobhead = “scab” – crosses picket line to work
- Purring = “kicking” as in a fight
- “Clem” = “starve”
- Re: Pebbles—de·no·ta·tion (dēnōˈtāSHən) noun — the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.
“beyond their immediate denotation, the words have a connotative power”
con·no·ta·tion (känəˈtāSHən) noun — an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
“the word “discipline” has unhappy connotations of punishment and repression”
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Appearances Yet To Come
- I’ll be doing the Cognitive Anchoring talk 10:30am on June 21st, 2014 at Uniquities yarn store in 421-D Church Street, NE, Vienna, VA 22180.
- July 11, 2014 The Tangled Web Summer Camp Day One! 1–4pm for Defarge FOs, pattern-choice support and more! 7709 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19118
- My interview on this podcast was JUST released: Today’s Leading Women Podcast!!!
- Toshi’s NZ Parliamentary knitting links: the standing order, News article about Judith Tizard who did knit while shepherding a bill through the chamber which resulted in the rule change, AP story about it, interview (6 years later!) with Judith Tizard about the incident (click on Kiwi FM audio), Funny old story, ex-PM (National) and her husband knitting, lovely image of the ‘Ladies Gallery’ in Parliament.
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Fun (if you like ear worms):
Thought Provoking Video (the logic scene from Thank You for Smoking)—minus the visual, replaced by moving text… which is kind of nice:
The Art of Argument from Bryan Villagonzalo on Vimeo.
- Link to Common Core Stories–the NPR: The Common Core Curriculum Void and the Florida Mom’s Manifesto for why she’s pulling her kids from public school
- Baroque Radio!
- North and South on Netflix episode 2 is now safe!!!
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