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07-12 Days of Christmas-2016

The 12 Days Before Christmas begins here: craftlit.com/on-the-first-day-of-christmas/ The Eve of St. Nicholas  By: Elizabeth M. Laws Hibberd / Faith Wynne (1836 – c. 1930) – https://librivox.org/author/10096 From: https://librivox.org/fireside-christmas-short-stories/ eText: What the Little Bird Told the Christmas Tree (1913)  http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009926444 Read by: Ruth Golding – https://librivox.org/reader/2607 The Thin Santa Claus or The Chicken Yard That Was a Christmas Stocking (1909) By: Ellis Parker Butler […]

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06-12 Days of Christmas-2016

DAY SIX Reginald on Christmas Presents (1904) By: Saki –  https://librivox.org/author/889 From: Reginald (1904) –  https://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-2011-by-various/ eText: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2830 Read by: Bob Gonzalez – https://librivox.org/reader/6446 Grandmother’s Christmas Story (1913) By: Elizabeth M. Laws Hibberd / Faith Wynne (1836 – c. 1930) – https://librivox.org/author/10096  / http://readseries.com/auth-oz/wynne-bio.html From: https://librivox.org/fireside-christmas-short-stories/ eText: What the Little Bird Told the Christmas Tree (1913) http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009926444 Read by: Ruth Golding – https://librivox.org/reader/2607 Reginald’s Christmas Revel (1904) By: Saki –  https://librivox.org/author/889 From: Reginald (1904) –  https://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-2011-by-various/ eText: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2830 Read

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08-12 Days of Christmas-2016

The 12 Days Before Christmas begins here: http://craftlit.com/on-the-first-day-of-christmas/   DAY EIGHT A Conscience Pudding (1904) By: Edith Nesbit – https://librivox.org/author/24    From: https://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-collection-2007/ eText: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/nesbit/new/new.html Read by: Cori Samuel – https://librivox.org/reader/92 Lo, How a Rose Ere Blooming By: Michael Praetorius (1571 – 1621) – https://librivox.org/author/3505 From: https://librivox.org/christmas-carol-collection-2009/ eText: http://www.cantatedomino.org/cd/index.shtml?79.txt Sung by:  Mark F. Smith – https://librivox.org/reader/204 & Laurie Anne Walden – https://librivox.org/reader/1066 Fiona Shaw (Medea) and the show’s director (the FABULOUS) Deborah Warner

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09-12 Days of Christmas-2016

The 12 Days Before Christmas begins here: http://craftlit.com/on-the-first-day-of-christmas/ A Christmas Inspiration  By: Lucy Maud Montgomery – https://librivox.org/author/75 From: https://librivox.org/lucy-maud-montgomery-short-stories-1896-to-1901-by-lucy-maud-montgomery/ eText: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/24873/24873-h/24873-h.htm#A_Christmas_Inspiration Read by: Darcia Douglass – https://librivox.org/reader/4990   A Christmas Mistake By: Lucy Maud Montgomery – https://librivox.org/author/75 From: https://librivox.org/lucy-maud-montgomery-short-stories-1896-to-1901-by-lucy-maud-montgomery/ eText: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/24873/24873-h/24873-h.htm#A_Christmas_Mistake Read by: TriciaG – https://librivox.org/reader/3157   It Came Upon the Midnight Clear By: Edmund Hamilton Sears (1875) – https://librivox.org/author/206 From: https://librivox.org/christmas-carol-collection-2009/ eText: http://www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/it_came_upon_the_midnight_clear.htm Sung by:  Kristin Hughes – https://librivox.org/reader/28   CraftLit Podcast

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10-12 Days of Christmas-2016

The 12 Days Before Christmas begins here: http://craftlit.com/on-the-first-day-of-christmas/   DAY TEN Christmas at Red Butte By: Lucy Maud Montgomery –  https://librivox.org/author/75     From: https://librivox.org/fireside-christmas-short-stories/ eText: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24878  Read by: Lynne Thompson – https://librivox.org/reader/7756   A Christmas Surprise at Enderly Road By: Lucy Maud Montgomery – https://librivox.org/author/75    From: https://librivox.org/lucy-maud-montgomery-short-stories-1905-1906-by-lucy-maud-montgomery/ eText: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/24876/24876-h/24876-h.htm#Enderly_Road Read by: Read by Jedopi – https://librivox.org/reader/4936   The First Noel (c. 1823) Traditional English – https://librivox.org/author/8102     From: https://librivox.org/christmas-carol-collection-2006/ eText: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Noel Sung

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11-12 Days of Christmas-2016

The 12 Days Before Christmas begins here: http://craftlit.com/on-the-first-day-of-christmas/ 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) – https://librivox.org/author/2477 From: The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII –  https://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-collection-2007/ eText: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/19325/19325-h/19325-h.htm#Page_1290 Read by: Alan Davis Drake – https://librivox.org/reader/254 The Errors of Santa Claus (1917) By: Stephen

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12-12 Days of Christmas-2016

The 12 Days Before Christmas begins here: http://craftlit.com/on-the-first-day-of-christmas/ The Night After Christmas (1907) By: Ann P.L.Field – https://librivox.org/author/8095    From: https://librivox.org/christmas-short-works-collection-2007/ eText: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18908 Read by: Jan MacGillivray – https://librivox.org/reader/1752   Her Birthday Dream (1916) By: Nellie C. King – https://librivox.org/author/10170 From: https://librivox.org/fireside-christmas-short-stories/ eText: Christmas Stories And Legends by Phebe A. Curtiss –  http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17770 Read by: Angela (BookAngel7) – https://librivox.org/reader/4323   A Letter from Santa Claus  By: Samuel Clemens   From: http://article.wn.com/view/2015/05/05/New_Mark_Twain_letters_found_c/ eText: bit.ly/twain-santa Read

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437: Chapter 51 — Count of Monte Cristo

That Time Again Count of Monte Cristo Chapter 51 [Book Talk @ 2:05] Links for you! Pyramus & Thisbe My new fave line (forgot to mention this: “Man proposes. Money disposes.” Corollary: “Man Plans. God Laughs.” France and Algeria (Oh, Charles X, you pesky problem child) “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers,” Shakespeare, Henry

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439: Chapter 53 — Count of Monte Cristo

439: Mellow Drama – chapter 53 Shannon Okey on our Crafty Chat! Her Patreon adventure Articles on how the industry is changing here, here, and here. Hidden Figures Book Talk • 8:51 The Opera: Robert le Diable By Anonymous print – User scan of Fontaine, Gérard (2004). Charles Garnier’s Opéra: Architecture and Interior Decor, translated by Charles Penwarden. Paris: Éditions

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441: Chapter 55 — Count of Monte Cristo

441: Listen – chapter 55 Book Talk • 23:58 Nope. Really, this week, not so much. Just listen to the GORGEOUS writing! And, with all the time you’ll save not having to follow links, you can join other listeners at the following spots online: Mailing list (infrequently used) Facebook Chat Group Facebook podcast page (where the audio will

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443: Chapter 57 — Count of Monte Cristo

443: IngenWHO? – chapter 57  Patterns mentioned: Summer Flies pattern by Donna Griffin Baby Bee Sweet Delight Prints Cal & Mari Plum Deluxe – Organic Tea of the Month Club – AT was drinking:  “A Dark Night Orange Spice Puerh” Then she added this definition: Pu-erh or Pu’er[1] is a variety of fermented tea produced in Yunnan province,

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444: Chapters 58-59 — Count of Monte Cristo

444: NOLA – chapters 58-59   The Knitting mentioned: | BOOK TALK – 4:06 | Noitier’s issues: Apoplexy, 19th C. Stroke Treatment, and a glossary of old medical terms.   And, with all the time you’ll save not having to follow links, you can join other listeners at the following spots online:   Mailing list (infrequently used) Facebook Chat Group Facebook

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445: Chapters 60-61 — The Count of Monte Cristo

445: Chapters 60-61 — The Count of Monte Cristo Mommy’s Juice Boxes Book talk starts at 6:06 Call in Line – 1-206-350-1642 Call in and leave an audio comment – Please use SpeakPipe if you are outside of the US First CoMC episode: 402 shownotes | Audio | Book Talk • 6:06 | The Oh-So-Cool Telegraph! How the signals work Napoleon’s

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446: Chapters 62-63 — The Count of Monte Cristo

Chapters 62-63 The Glorious DNA Bracelet The clip-a-ble “Mommy’s Juice Boxes” The Before the chapter notes – NONE! The After the chapter notes – SPOILERS! The artists mentioned: Paul Potter Mieris Douw Raphael van Dyck Zurbarán The sad people of the sad rooms mentioned: Count Ugolino Della Gherardesca’s Tower (the Torre della Fame in the

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The Cat Came Back-14

The Cat Came Back – Book 2 chapter 24, Book 3 chapters 1-2 Why Don’t You Do Right? Sung by Tara Hogan (https://archive.org/details/WhyDontYouDoRight-TaraHogan) Intro: Fast Talkin by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100590 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Outro: Dispersion Relation by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license

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448: Chapter 66 — The Count of Monte Cristo

Brave New Podcast When: Recording Wednesdays, posting by Friday/CraftLit time. How and where to listen: –Libsyn –Patreon –Youtube Crafty Chat Crafty Chameleons Possible pattern match Raffle for Julie’s Book! Go to CraftLit.com/448 for the instructions Book Talk Begins at 11:10 No notes needed! Ways to subscribe to CraftLit: your weekly annotated audiobook podcast: Click here to subscribe via iTunes

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449: Chapter 67 — The Count of Monte Cristo

Heather’s Birthday! This is Justin reporting in. I’ve hijacked Heather’s shownotes so she can gallivant around while taunting wall clocks and wrist watches. Make sure you reach out to her on Facebook or Twitter and wish her well. I hear each birthday wish will make one of her body’s cells immortal. Let’s make Heather invincible against the ocean of time! CraftLit

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450: Chapters 68-69 — The Count of Monte Cristo

Crafty Chat, etc. Winner of Julie Davis’ book: JoAnna R. Classic tales Herland Little Women and War of the Worlds coming up Once podcast – goofy signing on YouTube – Habitica RoosterMoney AllowanceBot BOOK TALK Begins at 8:07 Listen to BJ’s Classic Tales version for voices in 69 Chapter 68 d’Aguesseau Magistrate and orator, chancellor of France under Louis XV. Map

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451: Chapters 70-71 — The Count of Monte Cristo

Crafty Chat, etc. I know “Broccoli Cauliflower Rice Risotto” sounds like the “Department of Redundancy Department”…still, it’s accurate. BOOK TALK Begins at 05:03 Chapter 70 Lady in White Dress with Posy of Forget-Me-Nots circa 1830 (A Gorgeous) Camelia Camelias (and a calyx, center bottom – yes, these are silk but it was the best “both

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453: Chapter 73 — The Count of Monte Cristo

453 – SuperBig! Sarah in Houston’s book   Let me know if this pdf helps you navigate the many ways to listen to CraftLit: BOOK TALK Begins at 03:42 Manfred (Just in case you’ve hit that point where it’s been mentioned so much you might as well listen to the darn thing!) Tetanus-Mayo Clinic page Ew. Brucine Strychnine Grain

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454: Chapters 74-76 — The Count of Monte Cristo

CraftyChat This week is JetChat! The (successful!) parchment paper search:  Jet has crafty things!  Jet has my elusive 2-gallon Ziplocs!  Unboxing their awesome packing job.  Cold items arrived fresh as daisies!   Visit jet.com and use promo code “craftlit” at checkout for 20% off your first TWO orders! Chapter 76 Book Talk: 6:04 E.T.A. Hoffmann’s story “Antonia and the Cremona Violin”

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455: Chapters 77-78 — The Count of Monte Cristo

455 – Swangry! 2:06 BOOKTALK a Guzla (Gusle) is like a lute. Listen here. “How was it that Dionysius the Tyrant became a schoolmaster? REALLY it was Denys the Younger who was (a tyrant and) expelled from Syracuse in 343BC OR even MORE REALLY it was Dionysius the Younger or Dionysius II (ibid) But Maier wrote a legend about

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456: Chapters 79-80 — The Count of Monte Cristo

| Crafty (Life-saving) Chat | Time Bandits The undisclosed location: Lumberville General Store Chilling Tales & Simply Scary podcasts YouTube channel One of the free Twilight Zone-y episodes & their membership site Fuller’s Earth Clay or get on Amazon (affiliate link) Please feel free to tag episodes or send me tags to add to episodes or if you’re interested in volunteering to add

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457: Chapter 81 — The Count of Monte Cristo

| SCOTLAND | More on this soon, but to get you started Holiday Vacations search with Keyword “CRAFT” Checkout the itinerary Dianne’s number 1-800-826-2266, Holiday Vacations: Keyword “Craft” | CRAFTY CHAT | 100 year old autochrome photos and the spot in the Crafty Chat video where I share them The Joy of Lettering on the Crafty Chat Sign in

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458: Chapters 82-83 — The Count of Monte Cristo

| SCOTLAND | More on this soon—Hi Kathy!—but to get you started – Holiday Vacations search with Keyword “CRAFT” – Checkout the itinerary – Dianne’s number 1-800-826-2266, Holiday Vacations: Keyword “Craft” | CRAFTY CHAT | Nada. But here’s the pdf on how to get the audio you want: (click on image for the bigger PDF) Sign in to your membership

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459: Chapters 84-85 — The Count of Monte Cristo

Dianne’s Heeland Coews | SCOTLAND | I’ll be starting my little travelogues after school starts—but to get you started – Holiday Vacations search with Keyword “CRAFT” – Checkout the itinerary – Dianne’s number 1-800-826-2266, Holiday Vacations: Keyword “Craft” | CRAFTY CHAT | Nada. But here’s the pdf on how to get the audio you want: Sign into your membership account in the

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460: Chapters 86-88 — The Count of Monte Cristo

Dianne’s Heeland Coews | SCOTLAND | I’ll be starting my little travelogues after school starts—but to get you started – Holiday Vacations search with Keyword “CRAFT” – Checkout the itinerary – Dianne’s number 1-800-826-2266, Holiday Vacations: Keyword “Craft” | CRAFTY CHAT | Nada. But here’s the pdf on how to get the audio you want: Sign into your membership account in the

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461: Chapters 89-91 — The Count of Monte Cristo

| SCOTLAND | I’ll be starting my little travelogues after school starts—but to get you started – Holiday Vacations search with Keyword “CRAFT” – Checkout the itinerary – Dianne’s number 1-800-826-2266, Holiday Vacations: Keyword “Craft” Dianne’s Heeland Coews | CRAFTY CHAT | This week, Craftiness comes from our Episode Sponsor, Katie at EmbodyArt and EmbodyFocus, the “Internal Decluttering” system that focuses your day.

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462: Chapters 92-94 — The Count of Monte Cristo

| SCOTLAND | I’ll be starting my little travelogues after school starts—but to get you started – Holiday Vacations search with Keyword “CRAFT” – Checkout the itinerary – Dianne’s number 1-800-826-2266, Holiday Vacations: Keyword “Craft” Dianne’s Heeland Coews Book Notes Here’s the link to the Tristram Shandy summary I mentioned from Shmoops: Book 2 Chapter 17 Let’s Communicate! Sign up for the

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463: Chapters 95-97 — The Count of Monte Cristo

| SCOTLAND | I’ll be starting my little travelogues after school starts—but to get you started – Holiday Vacations search with Keyword “CRAFT” – Checkout the itinerary – Dianne’s number 1-800-826-2266, Holiday Vacations: Keyword “Craft” Dianne’s Heeland Coews Book Notes   None! Heather is absorbing secrets and mysteries from the sea. She’ll divulge her discoveries upon her return.   Let’s Communicate!

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464: Chapter 98 — The Count of Monte Cristo

| SCOTLAND | I’ll be starting my little travelogues after school starts—but to get you started – Holiday Vacations search with Keyword “CRAFT” – Checkout the itinerary – Dianne’s number 1-800-826-2266, Holiday Vacations: Keyword “Craft” Dianne’s Heeland Coews Book Notes None! Heather is currently jetting over the great Atlantic yonder to Germany. Wish her safe travels (and all of you stay

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465: Chapter 99 — The Count of Monte Cristo

| SCOTLAND | I’ll be starting my little travelogues after school starts—but to get you started – Holiday Vacations search with Keyword “CRAFT” – Checkout the itinerary – Dianne’s number 1-800-826-2266, Holiday Vacations: Keyword “Craft” Dianne’s Heeland Coews Book Notes None! Heather is currently returning from Germany. Wish her some good rest and get to listening!   Let’s Communicate! Sign up

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466: Chapters 100-103 — The Count of Monte Cristo

Book Notes Heather is back from Germany! She is dropping four chapters this week as we approach the end of the book. Below are the links she mentioned and keep an ear out for a bundle of voicemails at the end of the episode. Links about Eugénie: essay Eugenie Conversation Goodreads Conversation  Locusta | SCOTLAND |

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468: Chapters 106-107 — The Count of Monte Cristo

Book Talk (8:51) Links Ch 106 [Asmodeus] [Le Sage] 107 [Racine] [Guilbert de Pixerecourt]and the [Wiki] | Mapcon 2017 | I spent last weekend at the Mid-Atlantic Podcast Conference and had the pleasure of meeting a hotel full of wonderful podcasters. Recording from home can be isolating at times, so it feels great to go

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470: Chapters 112-113 — The Count of Monte Cristo

Helping Puerto Rico As many of you know, Puerto Rico has been devastated by the latest slew of hurricanes, leaving the island without power and making it very difficult to contact loved ones. Here in New Hope I know several families affected by this disaster – so from now until Sunday night *half of anything bought

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471: Chapters 114-116 — The Count of Monte Cristo

| BOOKTALK starts at 17:33 |. Figaro and his “mastery of English” The old text I mentioned about Marius & The Gracci Breguet the man and Breguet’s (I totally didn’t pronounce this right – couldn’t read my notes! Age. Bah.) Repeater (And Rousseau’s grandfather was a watchmaker and made this – WOW!) | SCOTLAND | Loch Katrine

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472: Chapter 117 — End of The Count of Monte Cristo

End of The Count of Monte Cristo (I know!?! 70 whole episodes to pull this sucker off!) | SCOTLAND | Various Stirling Castle sites here, here, Braveheart here, William Wallace here, and our hotel, the Dunkeld House Hotel and Spa (!) here. Dianne’s Video The History of Stirling Castle Monument drone pix 1st half of Scotland Trip map. Holiday Vacations search with Keyword

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The Shadows – George MacDonald

The Shadows, Parts 1 & 2, from Cross Purposes http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/18859/pg18859-images.html Intro/Outro: Cortosis Scoring Action by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200093 Transition: Koliadnyky of Kryvorivnia, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Koliadnyky_of_Kryvorivnia/Live_on_Airborne_Even_with_Dan_Bodah_122412/Koliadnyky_of_Kryvorivnia_-_05_-_Duda_Bagpipes

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The Day Boy & the Night Girl – George MacDonald

The Day Boy & the Night Girl, (The Romance of Photogen and Nycteris) 1882 http://www.ccel.org/ccel/macdonald/daynight/files/daynight.html Intro/Outro: Cortosis Scoring Action by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200093

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The Magic Mirror – George MacDonald

|Our Episode Sponsor is… | HelloFresh.com (starts at 9:46) For $30 off your first week of HelloFresh, visit hellofresh.com and enter promo code craftlit30 | Bits and Bobs | Riverdale on CW, Jughead Pattern | SCOTLAND | Birnam Wood, The Ell Shop in Dunkeld, Dunkeld Villiage, Blair Atholl Distillery WhiskeyCast Holiday Vacations search with Keyword “CRAFT” Checkout the itinerary Dianne’s

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474: The Count of Monte Cristo — Listener Episode

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Op-Ed – Predator Edition

Opening song downloaded in 2006 as podsafe music: David Acton’s “The Prodigal” DISCLAIMER This bonus episode of CraftLit likely belongs at the end of Herland, but since the inciting incidents didn’t occur for several years, I’m putting it here, but with a warning – language and subject matter are NOT what you will find in the other

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Anne

479: Chs 3-4 — Anne of Green Gables

Art of Recycle. Do it! The “real” Avonlea is Cavendish. Sentimental Journey by Laurence Sterne, the source for “Scope of Imagination”. A feather tick is the mattress (ish). Candle extinguisher—here is a “snuffer” and here Scrooge is using a GIANT one to “put out” the Ghost of Christmas Past: Liza – the taking-things-literally gal (watch at 1:30 and especially

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Anne

480: Chs 5-7 — Anne of Green Gables

—skunk cabbage By Sue Sweeney. – The Monday Garden. Archived at http://ontariowildflowers.com/mondaygarden/article.php?id=158, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link —“looks like a Gimlet” By Wikipedia user Saintswithin – en.wikipedia.org, Public Domain, Link —Presbyterian Shorter Catechism —Now I lay me down to sleep – originally published in the New England Primer, Calvinist, compiled by Benjamin Harris, 1683 —Peep of Day series (original Amazon) —The REAL Captivity

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Anne

481: Chs 8-9 — Anne of Green Gables

Crafty-cleaning More cleaning info and simplygoodstuff.com has products and a zillion tips, and all the listener emails: Lex recommended pet aquarium limescale remover (like for turtle or lizard tanks), Yvonne of Lavendar Sheep recommends 1:1 white vinegar to dawn – heat the vinegar to mix (the only time you’ll need to heat it), put both in a spray bottle, shake, spray, leave

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482: Chs 10-11 — Anne of Green Gables

The Newsletter on where I’ve been (and will be) Thank you John in Indiana – The Kitchen is not clean until Dish Rag is scalded! Turmeric – Journal of Medicinal Food:  “…In conclusion, these RCTs provide scientific evidence that supports the efficacy of turmeric extract (about 1000 mg/day of curcumin) in the treatment of arthritis. …more rigorous and larger studies are needed

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484: Ch 15 — Anne of Green Gables

Links for you: Nibbler blogpost and iOS store Nibbler – Pen & Paper News by Austin Tooley (sorry only on iOS so far) My electrical handiwork: My scrappy side table (which I used a for which I used a pocket jig): Spruce Gum Let’s Communicate! Sign up for the (infrequent) Email/newsletter list here. Get the most recent email here (though it won’t

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485: Ch 16 — Anne of Green Gables

All The Things! Silicone sponges Scum Off Shower Cleaner from Simplygoodstuff.com (plus I really like these two sponges – the scrubby one and the smooth one) The Anne of Green Gables cookbook! Red Crocheted Woolen Hood & blue crossover  You can find Laura’s crossover shawl Comfort of a Friend (adult) pattern and more (like the children’s pattern) at her Stashmuffin page on

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488: Ch 19 — Anne of Green Gables

Fun BBC – The Woman In White – Media Centre Avengers, Thanos, and Daddy Issues (spoilers) Zora Neale Hurston ‘Barracoon’ Excerpt Book Talk pung sleigh Fashion Moments – The Shirtwaist | Genealogy Lady Vintage hairstyles: The Pompadour (1899) – Click Americana Curfew must Not Ring To-night. Rose Hartwick Thorpe (1850-1939). VI. Lovers. Bliss Carman, et

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489: Ch 20 — Anne of Green Gables

My friend Pam’s gorgeous art below (she learned from this site: Draw Botanical) – History Chicks Biography of LMM and their recap of Anne with an E, episode 1 – Tara’s podcast rec: The Fat Squirrel Speaks – The New Jersey Mom Video I mentioned  • Mayflowers are an Actual Thing– • HAMLET – Act V, scene i HAMLET What, the fair Ophelia!

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490: Chs 21-22 — Anne of Green Gables

Bunches and bunches of links for you! – The New Fahrenheit 451 Videos to use with kids (after you review them) Captain Disillusion! Why It Works: The Captain Disillusion Debunk These are all great Illusion-busting videos of his: – Definitive Guide to Trick Shots Circlet Bracelet Debunk (and update) UFO over India (The WEATHER CHANNEL! FOR SHAME!) Phaser Debunk Russian

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501: Ch 1 — Treasure Island

501 – Book Talk at 11:00 Welcome back! After a recalibrating break, CraftLit is setting sail with Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. What has Heather been up to in her “downtime”? Only helping scientists, getting stung by scorpions and rappelling down waterfalls. Don’t believe me – look about three inches down and watch the video. Heather

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504: Chs 6-7 — Treasure Island

Book Talk @ 13:35 Cape May Still at it Emlen Physick Estate designed by Frank Lloyd Wright’s Tutor Frank Furness, home of the “Keeping up with the Joneses” Condensed Milk Pot. Instagram: Milk Pot PRE     Long Pipe * Latitude and Longitude in Chapter 6 (62°17’20″19°2’40”) will take you here?! But if you reverse the numbers, it

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505: Chs 8-9 — Treasure Island

Book Talk @ 4:10 Survey Time! (not scurvy time) If you have a minute (it would be odd if it took longer) please respond to the survey. Thank you! The Dunning-Kruger Effect CRAFTY Listen to They Both Die in the End,  by Adam Silvera PRE-CHAPTER “The Mountain and the Mouse” *Brass Swivel By BrokenSphere – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link *Ship’s architecture

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