684: Ch 6 — Cranford

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.

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00:00 Episode start

01:45 Plum Deluxe Cinnamon Nourish Black Tea—part of the Winter Collection

Also, 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?”

03:30 Parkrose Permaculture video on unintended consequences. Then I found that I’d watched several of her videos on the subject of Individualism:

• Toxic Individualism #1

• Toxic Individualism #2 Rugged Individualism (and another video on the same topic from Robert Reich) Pioneer Women book

8:20 Bug and Bee house (I love this guy’s VERY DIY attitude) and Ladybug Hotel #1 and Bug Hotel #2

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 - Library of Congress

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? [e-mail] or 1-206-350-1642, or speakpipe.com/craftlit

20:10 Queen Esther and King Ahasuerus - ONLY BOOK THAT DOESN’T MENTION GOD

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](https://englishhistoryauthors.blogspot.com/2017/06/full-steam-ahead-overland-route-home.html

27:30 “Some Great War in India” - probably the First Anglo Burmese War (1824-26)

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: Journal of Reading, Volume 24, No. 2, November 1980, p. 101, William H. Smith, “What they didn’t tell you about Jack and Jill”

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