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Socotra Pomegranate Tree (Punica protopunica): The Vulnerable Predicament of the "Other Pomegranate"
The last subheading, What the Socotran Pomegranate Tree is used for, always catches my consideration because of its concern over Socotran-pomegranate sustainability.
The three paragraphs deem Socotra islanders as deferring to their pomegranate ...
DerdriuMarriner, 3 minutes ago

Rock-Haunting Ringtail Possum (Petropseudes dahli) of Groote Eylandt and Northern Australia
The section above the seventh image, Rock-haunters favor fragrant panicle of white flowers of Flagellaria indica: climbing plant is native to Australia and other subtropical and tropical regions of Australasia and Asia, causes me to consider ...
DerdriuMarriner, 54 minutes ago

Leo the Fourteenth
Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.
Your description of the apostolic palace as "where he [Pope Leo XIV] can both live and work" intrigues me.
Is it that Pope Francis commuted -- by car? on ...
DerdriuMarriner, 1 hour ago

Leo the Fourteenth
A recent television report sai.d that he finds the guest house that Francis used too noisy, so he is planning to return to the apostolic palace, where he can both live and work
frankbeswick, 14 hours ago

Leo the Fourteenth
Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.
Pope Francis did not live in the usual papal habitation.
Where will Pope Leo XIV live?
DerdriuMarriner, 1 day ago

Why Write on Wizzley?
No, I have insufficient command of German.
blackspanielgallery, 1 day ago

Why Write on Wizzley?
Thank you for your comment below, Apr 24, 2021, in answer to my previous, same-day observation and question.
Wizzley has a German-language counterpart in Pagewizz. Have you had any wizzlies there?
DerdriuMarriner, 1 day ago

Hutt River Province Independence
I have no idea. The issue came after growing a crop Australia put a limit of what they had produced, effectively making a year's crop worthless a week before harvest. Apparently others had caused the national limit to be reached. So an ...
blackspanielgallery, 2 days ago

Hutt River Province Independence
Your comment below, in answer to Veronica's previous observation, intrigues me.
Is the Casley couple interred in a special cemetery befitting royal inhabitants?
DerdriuMarriner, 2 days ago

Understanding faith
Latin is spoken as it is spelled
frankbeswick, 2 days ago

Leo the Fourteenth
Good question. I have never thought about this possibility. But no, there are no theological rasons for not choosing the name joseph0(99999
frankbeswick, 2 days ago

Leo the Fourteenth
Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question.
March 19 always appeals to me as St. Joseph's Day.
Is there a reason for a pope not to invoke Joseph as regnal name?
DerdriuMarriner, 3 days ago

Understanding faith
Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.
That's so interesting that the Pope Leo XIV inaugural Mass is in Latin.
Pope Leo perhaps manifests American- , Haitian- or Perurvian-accented Latin even as ...
DerdriuMarriner, 3 days ago

Collectible Coins of the Royal Canadian Mint
The introductory paragraph advises us that "The Royal Canadian Mint produces circulating coins, commemorative coins, and bullion coins in platinum, gold, and silver." even as the 10th subheading, The platinum maple leaf, alerts us that "Platinum ...
DerdriuMarriner, 3 days ago

Understanding faith
The pope's inaugural mass is currently being held in Latin.
frankbeswick, 4 days ago