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Parkinson's Disease

The comment below on July 18, 2019, intrigues me. Might those who have no Parkinson symptoms apart Parkinson-like gait have something ameliorable, curable or incurable?

DerdriuMarriner, 2 days ago

Walking the Length of Britain

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous, same-day observation and question. The first paragraph in the first subheading, The beginning, advises us that "Most others who have tried the walk, which was first done in 1879." Do ...

DerdriuMarriner, 2 days ago

Christian Hermits

Yes, I did recognize in your Genius loci the very same temptations of Jesus Christ. This compelling short story interests and intrigues me with its effectivest characterizations, context, language, length and plot. (It invokes the regret that ...

DerdriuMarriner, 2 days ago

Can You be Rational and Religious?

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous, same-day observation and question. That the Roman Empire collapsing imperiled documentary survival intriques me. English Wikipedia invoked the daughter-library Serapeum for the Library ...

DerdriuMarriner, 2 days ago

English Hedges

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous, same-day observation and question. It interests me that western and Indian Christians respectively make Our Lady Mary blue- and dark-eyed. There might be a reconciliation so that both ...

DerdriuMarriner, 2 days ago

Conisbrough Castle

The second paragraph in your introduction advises us that "There was an earlier Saxon fortification on the site" that now conserves Conisbrough Castle. Is anything known about the fortification and its owners and residents? Might fortification ...

DerdriuMarriner, 3 days ago

Facing Chronic Illness in a Christian Way

Yes indeed. The religious life is full of love, but it is not easy

frankbeswick, 3 days ago

Into Thin Air: the Shepton Mallet Mystery

Maybe.but I suspect revenge.

frankbeswick, 3 days ago

Who Goes to Heaven

They were routine cream and jam.

frankbeswick, 3 days ago

Why I am a Christian

Yes, darkness is sometimes a time for quiet prayer

frankbeswick, 3 days ago

Facing Chronic Illness in a Christian Way

The second paragraph to the first subheading, The situation, advises us that "Part of a Christian response to illness is not to let it prevent you from serving others, though your service must adapt." That statement causes me to consider the ...

DerdriuMarriner, 3 days ago

Edale, Derbyshire. England

Thank you for your comment below Sep. 2, 2017, in answer to my previous, same-day question. English Wikipedia describes Irish breakfast tea as a red-colored black tea, likelier Assam than Ceylon. It likewise designates that tea as so strong as ...

DerdriuMarriner, 3 days ago

Into Thin Air: the Shepton Mallet Mystery

The third paragraph to the second subheading, Suggestions about what happened, advises us that "One possibility is that there were people in South West Britain who were skilled in quick abductions, a skill that they had honed in snatching black ...

DerdriuMarriner, 3 days ago

Who Goes to Heaven

Thank you for your comment below on Jan. 24, 2024, in answer to my previous question Jan. 23, 2024. Online sources generally approach French fancies as sponge cake covered with buttercream and icing. Perhaps they describe quite sweet ...

DerdriuMarriner, 3 days ago

Magna Carta, the facts, myths and legends briefly

It interests me that Magna Carta is a three-way interaction of barons, Church and king. It impels me to mull why no societal money- and power-holders between barons and king merited mention. Might King John have been leaving viscounts, ...

DerdriuMarriner, 3 days ago