Aug 22, 2014
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Late Arrival: blog post on depression from a listener (especially helpful if you have a friend who wrestles with this issue).
Bleak House ending next week.
Bundles 1–4 will soon be a complete book of five bundles!
Sense & Sensibility: A BabyLit Opposites Primer: Children's Book, Bedtime Stories, Picture Book
Manchester
Mills—courtesy of Phyllis
Gaskell House
Tour
Tricoteuses-courtesy
of Kathleen, found in
"The First World War and Knitting" by K.L. Bevan in the 8/2014
Rowan digital magazine.
Tale of Two Cities audiobook-with-benefits
Perception of Language — Rhythmic Essay -courtesy of JannaLee
You Wouldn't Want to Be a Victorian Mill Worker!: A Grueling Job You'd Rather Not Have
at 20min-ish:
Crochet for Baby All Year: Easy-to-Make Outfits for Every
Month
MamaO
Review, too!
New raffle for our August Giveaway. Visit our giveaway page to enter.
What I'd always suspected: We're
HOT!
The Museum
of Science and Industry in Manchester has a Manchester Mills
demonstration. Twice daily a tour guide fires up the machines
and explains how they work.
Also, Elizabeth
Gaskell's house in Manchester is being renovated and will open
in October 2014 for tours. — courtesy of Phyllis
Armley Mills link—It was, at one point, the largest woolen mill in the world and they still have working spinning machinery which they run from time to time — courtesy of Maia
Sarah sent in the Jane Eyre texting hilarity.
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