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Invasive Species in Britain
I have heard no mention of them,so they probably are not here.
frankbeswick, 2 days ago

What is organic growing?
The nobles were probably unaware of the dangers of what they were doing.
frankbeswick, 2 days ago

Christ and the Mythical Consciousness
The real Arthur lived in the so called dark ages, so it is apt to present him as living then.
frankbeswick, 2 days ago

The Salt Path a review
Yes those are the rules.
frankbeswick, 2 days ago

The Salt Path a review
Correction, my daughter lives with her husband and son in North Wales, and there is a grand daughter on the way. There are no farms in the offing, as my daughter is doing so well as a therapist she would not need a career change.
I hope that ...
frankbeswick, 2 days ago

Invasive Species in Britain
An arborist-related webinar this week, through UMass-Amherst Extension's Urban Forestry Today, covered the expected pests for 2023.
Have you all over on the eastern (Atlantic) pond side had any experiences with zigzag sawflies? They represent ...
DerdriuMarriner, 2 days ago

What is organic growing?
Your first paragraph about the poisons in Victorian and Edwardian agriculture and horticulture made me think of the white make-up that was so popular with the noble and royal classes during the 16th century.
Were the nobles and royals not ...
DerdriuMarriner, 2 days ago

Christ and the Mythical Consciousness
The differentiation below is most helpful regarding that thin line between understanding what is history, what is legend, what is myth.
On a humorous note, Italian slang lately manifests Che mitico! and è mitico! along lines where one wouldn't ...
DerdriuMarriner, 2 days ago

The Salt Path a review
The comment below actually should have included another question, somewhat related, somewhat unrelated, about grammar.
This, western side of the (Atlantic) pond tends toward "your sister Veronica" and "your wife Maureen" if you have one sister ...
DerdriuMarriner, 2 days ago

The Salt Path a review
You've indicated elsewhere that your daughter and son-in-law live with their two daughters in North Wales. You also have mentioned that a dream of you and your wife previously had thought of retiring to North Wales.
Is it possible that your ...
DerdriuMarriner, 2 days ago

Pagan Britain: a Review
Not really. Material published in Britain and America is shared in common, so with the possibility of a time lag what we get, you get.I have ordered books from the USA.
frankbeswick, 3 days ago

Pagan Britain: a Review
Online sources indicate little about Down Tor Stone Row and Cairn Circle.
The Dartmoor Site looks interesting with its progressively smaller stones down the hill. The site Prehistoric Dartmoor Walks mentions that there still stand 157 stones ...
DerdriuMarriner, 3 days ago

Beyond the Ashes: Cases of Reincarnation from the Holocaust
I have never heard of such recognition happening.
frankbeswick, 3 days ago

Tryfan and the Glyders: One of Wales' Toughest Walks
The greyish line is the Heather Terrace, one of the routes up the mountain.
frankbeswick, 3 days ago

John Stuart Mill: a thinker for our time
I think that he favouredbthe conventional method of hanging. The obscenity of hanging, drawing and quartering fell out of favour a long time before Mill was born. While he accepted the death penalty he was not an enthusiast for it, so he did not ...
frankbeswick, 3 days ago