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    CraftLit

    CraftLit — Annotated Audiobooks for Busy People

    Love classic literature…or wish you did?

    CraftLit is a weekly podcast featuring classic audiobook chapters paired with entertaining literary commentary that makes great books easier—and more fun—to understand. Host Heather Ordover explains historical references, vocabulary, and cultural context before each chapter so listeners can fully enjoy the story.

    Think of it as a global book club for classic literature, perfect for listening while commuting, crafting, walking, or doing chores.

    CraftLit has been in continuous weekly production since 2006, making it one of the longest-running literature podcasts. Listeners also send in voicemail comments that keep the show feeling like a lively reading group.

    Authors featured include:

    • Jane Austen
    • Mark Twain
    • Elizabeth Gaskell
    • Mary Shelley
    • Wilkie Collins
    • Alexandre Dumas
    • Robert Louis Stevenson

    Recent and current readings include Mark Twain’s Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc and Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford.

    Classic audiobooks—because loving great books in a busy world is tough.

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    Copyright: © (c) 2006-2019 Heather Ordover

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    456: Chs 79-80 — The Count of Monte Cristo Jun 23, 2017
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    | 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 the tags to the episodes let me know and we'll work out a plan.
    • The evil meat allergy ticks
    • InsectShield clothing
    • ZapIt!
    • Permethrin Only for clothing - NOT TO BE PUT ON SKIN
    • 20%Picaridin or a big ol tank of Picaridin

    Bulk instructions for a less wasteful Picaridin spray use:

    Question: Is it possible to buy a refill for the spray bottle? I do not want to throw the pump in the trash for each bottle I order. Great product

    Answer: If your going to use multiple bottles of permethrine...this is what i did. I bought a bottle of permethrine 36.8%, sometimes called "permethrine SFR". Then I got a one gallon lawn and garden sprayer. The are about $10 dollars . The just dilute the permethrine to the .5% strength like the sawyer's is. That is half of one percent. Dilute as follows. 1 gallon of water gets 2 ounces of 36.8% permethrine to give you .5% . Sooo much cheaper this way. And your right why buy and throw out all those plastic bottles, Permethrine SFR is available on Amazon. The bottle have a ounce measuring thing built in. Make gallons of the stuff for so little money...Or of course you could buy the 10% permethrine and just dilute that to .5% to make a little less. Or dilute the SFR to 1%...that lasts longer on clothes. Just use 4 ounces of SFR in one gallon (my preference) I treat everything I wear from the waist down, socks and shoes, pants shorts. My wife's clothes too. Hope that helps. see less By Scott 1953 on May 9, 2014

    | Book Talk | 14:46 |

    • Poisoner women: Locusta and Brunehaut & Fredegonde
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    455: Chs 77-78 — The Count of Monte Cristo Jun 16, 2017
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    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 Dionysius II in his book Atalanta Fugiens (1617), where he was shipwrecked at Corinth and—although he lived poorly—he became a teacher. (Um... Yeah...that's supposed to mean poor-but-happy-because-teaching, I think).
    • Pythoness is a female soothsayer or prophetess
    • Proverbs 19:17–`He who giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord. New International Bible: 17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward them for what they have done. King James: 17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again
    • Kiosk - A small open gazebo or pavilion. - in BUSS Translation "Pavilion"
    • To muffle oars - bandage the parts that fit into the oarlocks
    • Calumny - n. The utterance of maliciously false statements; slander.
    • James Comey and the Predator in Chief NYT Article

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    454: Chs 74-76 — The Count of Monte Cristo Jun 09, 2017
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    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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    453: Ch 73 — The Count of Monte Cristo Jun 02, 2017
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    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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    452: Ch 72 — The Count of Monte Cristo May 26, 2017
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    BOOK TALK Begins at 15:43

    American Gods - NSFW (and Not Safe For Kids)

    You can see usâ€"rainbow-facedâ€"in the video (with Thing 2 darting out form under the banner at 1:20-1:53):

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    451: Chs 70-71 — The Count of Monte Cristo May 19, 2017
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    BOOK TALK Begins at 05:03

    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 sides now" pic I could find).

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    450: Chs 68-69 — The Count of Monte Cristo May 12, 2017
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    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 (below) includes all the Normandy locations.

    Chapter 69

    • Abbé and Wilmore’s home are located on this map, too.
    • Is there a Lutheran / Quaker connection? Let me know.
    • The asylum founded by the Count of Pisani at Palermo: Casa dei Matti now and then
    • While researching the asylum I saw this Turkish wiki ban Click to Tweet message (if you're so inclined)
    • Nankeen (Mister Darcy) trousers
    • By Mary Evans - [1], Public Domain, Link
    • English Hulks
    • The Greek War of Independence
    • Spa towns:
    • Bagneres-Luchon
    • Cauterets (Pyrenees)](http://www.immobilierbordenave.com/en/station-thermale-cauterets)

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    449: Ch 67 — The Count of Monte Cristo May 05, 2017
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    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 forever!

    Book Talk Begins at 7:16

    Relations Image Mentioned:

    Click here if you don't want to bust out a magnifying glass to read this.

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    448: Ch 66 — The Count of Monte Cristo Apr 28, 2017
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    Book Talk Begins at 11:10

    No notes needed!

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    447: Chs 64-65 — The Count of Monte Cristo Apr 07, 2017
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    Book Talk Begins at 10:30

    Run AWAY! (Did they get out of the Count's digs in a hurry or what?)

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