In this Tidbit, Melanie makes recommendations of books, words, music, and movies that you should check out this holiday season.

Books by Philip Pullman, specifically the Dark Materials series

Books by Angela Brazil

festooned

cake-eater

The Glyndebourne production of Handel's Giulio Cesare

Holiday Inn (film) [trailer, Amazon]

Margie (film)

In this episode, we catch up with five great interviews that we've done recently.

Nicol (aka SAChoirGirl)

Kate Atherley from Knitty.com

A 97-year-old knitter in Toronto

Naomi Esau, who recently performed Melanie's knitting play in rural Alberta, Canada

Jan from the Twinset Designs podcast

In this Tidbit, Melanie talks about the history of pinball.

In this episode, Melanie's UK tour takes her to London and Cambridge.

Would you get engaged without a diamond ring?

In this Tidbit, Melanie and Deborah talk about the history of diamonds and how they came to be inextricably linked with marriage engagements.

Melanie's UK travels continue in this episode as she makes her way to Scotland and returns to Leeds.

This episode has some content which may not be appropriate for our younger or more-sensitive listeners... but you should expect that by now.

In this Tidbit, Melanie and her new British friend Louise talk about... You know what? Just listen.

This episode is a travel log of Melanie's recent trip to Leeds, UK.

Enjoy!