Reid (Part 5– Cork… Oak Floats)

Continuing on with the Reid series, note from my recent November 21st post, Reid (Part 2): 

 Continuing on from my previous post, note this next excerpt from Ken Reid’s wiki  page: 

This was followed by stints as the sports editor, and later editor, of the Sunday News from 1984 to 1987, and reporting for the Cork Examiner from 1987 to 1994.

What stands out is the name of the paper mentioned, the “Cork” Examiner.  The reason being that the word “cork”, is the name of the bark of a tree— the bark oak.  So Given the recent “Pines” and “cone” cropping up in this series of posts, we now have a “Tree Theme” pattern-cluster.   

Note the following information listed on the Deaths in 2024 site this month: 

• Mick Waters, 81, Irish hurler (Blackrock, Cork)

As you can see, “Cork” had cropped up earlier.  With a surname “Waters” I thought his death was also strategic, and it’s true that a special property of oak bark is that it’s amazing floating ability.  Note from his wiki page: 

Michael Waters (21 July 1941 – 5 November 2024) 

On the city of Cork wiki page: 

In 1491, Cork played a part in the English Wars of the Roses when Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the English throne, landed in the city and tried to recruit support for a plot to overthrow Henry VII of England.

• Perkin Warbeck (c. 1474 – 23 November 1499)

November 23rd is not only TOMORROW, but it’s also my mother’s birthday.  The surname Warbeck is a cryptic “war beck (French for “kiss”).  Given the “beck”, it’s worth noting that my mother is French (Acadian).  

On the cork (bark) wiki page we arrive at:  

Robert Hooke (18 July 1635 – 3 March 1703)

His surname is an addition to the “Remove a Letter Makes a Word” pattern cluster.  

On the Cork (bark) wiki page it mentions that making cork tops for champagne and wine bottles is the most widely use of cork.  I’m now reminded of having recently watched the film “Widow Clicquot”, based on a true story, note from Madame Clicquot’s wiki page:

• Madame Clicquot (16 December 1777 – 29 July 1866)
• Joséphine Bonaparte (born Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie; 23 June 1763 – 29 May 1814)
• Louis Vuitton (4 August 1821 – 27 February 1892)

Clicquot’s date of birth generates and completes a “December 14, 16, 18/Even Day, Date Sequence” pattern cluster.  December 14 and 16 are the birthdays of my two sisters.  There’s only one cluster in the above that we can now investigate— the “May 29, __, July 29/ 29th Day Date Sequence” pattern cluster.  A prompt for us to investigate the June 29 wiki page.  Using the formula and taking into consideration the “Off By One” pattern cluster, we arrive at: 

From the Deaths section:

• 1998 – Horst Jankowski (30 January 1936 – 29 June 1998) pianist and composer 
• 1999 – Karekin I (August 27, 1932 – June 29, 1999) Syrian-Armenian patriarch 
• 1999 – Allan Carr (né Solomon; May 27, 1937 – June 29, 1999) screenwriter, producer 
• 2000 – Vittorio Gassman (Gassmann; 1 September 1922 – 29 June 2000) actor, director 
• 2000 – Jane Birdwood, Baroness(18 May 1913 – 29 June 2000) publisher,politician 
• 2002 – Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) singer and actress 

From the Births section: 

• 1886 – Robert Schuman, (29 June 1886 – 4 September 1963) Prime Minister of France 
• 1888 – Squizzy Taylor ( Joseph Theodore Leslie Taylor (29 June 1888 – 27 October 1927) gangster 
• 1889 – Willie Macfarlane (29 June 1889^[1] – 15 August 1961) golfer

 As you can see, new clusters emerge.  

In 2023, Haley Bennett portrayed Clicquot in the film Widow Clicquot which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival;^[9][10] it had its wide release on July 19, 2024.^[11] The film is "based on Tilar J. Mazzeo's New York Times bestseller The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It and focuses on "the true story behind the Veuve Clicquot champagne family and business that began in the late 18th century"

The surname Bennett is also the surname of my ex-partner of 27 years, Cathy Bennett, and note the cryptic “hale” in the name Haley— also an addition to the  

Haley Bennett (born Haley Loraine Keeling January 7, 1988)

Her birthday is another addition to the “Off By One” pattern cluster, given that it’s one day off from the birthday of Cathy Bennett’s son, Gillman Payette, born on January 8th.  

Note the following information on the Release Date of the film, Widow of Clicquot:  

	Release dates	September 11, 2023(TIFF) July 19, 2024(United States)

Note the following information regarding most cast/crew: 

• Sam Peter Riley (born 8 January 1980) age 44  as Louis Bohne
• Cara Seymour (born 6 January 1964) as Jeanne-Marie Ponsardin
• Benjamin Charles Miles  (born 29 September 1966) as Philippe Clicquot
• Paul Rhys (born 19 December 1963) as Droite
• Nicholas Farrell (born Nicholas C. Frost of January 1, 1955)
• Chris Larkin (born Stephens 19 June 1967) as Muller
• Mark Napper O’Connor Tandy  (born February 8, 1957) as Magistrate #1
• Joseph Wright (born 25 August 1972) is an English film director
• Erin Dignam (born July 20, 1955) is an American film director, screenwriter
• Caroline Champetier (born 16 July 1954)
• Bryce David Dessner (born April 23, 1976) is an American composer

The following clusters are generated by the above dates: 

•  “May 29, June 29, July 29, __, September 29/ 29th Day Date Sequence” pattern cluster 
• “April 23, May 23, June 23, __ …, November 23/ 23rd Day Date Sequence” pattern cluster 
• “January 1,…, __, 6, 7, 8/ Date Sequence” pattern cluster 
• “December 13, 14, __, 16, __, 19/ Date Sequence” pattern cluster 
• “July 16, __, 18, 19, 20, 21/ Date Sequence” pattern cluster 
• “August 25(x2), __, 27/Date Sequence” pattern cluster.  

August 25th is also the birthday of my grand daughter.  

So where to begin?

Let’s look at the cryptic communication in the surnames: 

rile sea more mile rise far Elle frost, lark, tan, write/right, dig, champ tier.   

To bridge the August 29 gap as per the first cluster, using the formula this one stands out: 

• 1888 – Salme Dutt  (29 August 1888 – 30 August 1964)  politician

His date of death expands one other cluster above and generating another gap re “August 25(x2), __, 27, __, 29, 30/Date Sequence” pattern cluster.

Note the cryptic “salve/same duty” in his name.  

If we bridge the August 26 gap: 

2000 – Bunny Austin (26 August 1906 – 26 August 2000) tennis player

If we bridge the August 26 gap: 

1888 – Evadne Price,  (28 August 1888 – 17 April 1985)  actress, astrologer, author

April 17 is the birthday of my son in law.  Note the cryptic “evade price” in his name. 

Note the following recent addition to the Deaths in 2024 site under November 20: 

Mike Pinera, 76, American guitarist (Blues Image, Iron Butterfly, Alice Cooper)

Note the cryptic “pine/pin era” in his name— another addition to the “Tree Theme” pattern cluster.  Note from his wiki page: 

Mike Pinera (September 29, 1948 – November 20, 2024)

•  “May 29, June 29, July 29, August 29, September 29(x2)/ 29th Day Date Sequence” pattern cluster 

Two others recently added to the Deaths in 2024 site under November 20 also fit in cryptic fashion: 

• Celeste Heloise Barker (7 July 1960 – 20 November 2024) politician
• Marshall Brain (May 17, 1961 – November 20, 2024) creator of HowStuffWorks

Note the cryptic “bark marsh all/mars hall brain rain”.