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Book Review: Pearls of the Southern Skies by Dieter Willasch and Auke Slotegraaf
The total eclipse of our Moon March 2-3 caused me to consider the International Space Station and the space flights connecting our Blue Marble with our Moon and with the Red Planet.
What would it be like to watch such an eclipse from the closer ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/26/2026
Virginia Historic Garden Week 2016 Is By Tradition April’s Last Week
The Garden Club site organizes the Week offerings by such orientations as architecture, garden-lovers, history-lovers, shuttles or trolleys, walking tours and waterfront.
So Virginia Historic Garden Week presents something for everyone!
So I ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/26/2026
House Histories by Sally Light: Guide to Tracing Your Home Genealogy
Every room contributes to house histories even as every plant contributes to garden histories.
Is the landscaping around the Hemingway house indicative of the arboricultural, the horticultural interests of Ernest Hemingway or is it iterative of ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/26/2026
Trung Nguyen Gourmet Fox and Weasel Coffees: Asian Civets, Vietnamese Beans, and World Markets
Such a t-shirt mentioned below also must manifest among specialty coffees Blake Dinkin's marvelous Black Ivory elephant coffee, mustn't it?
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/26/2026
Ring-Tailed Ground Squirrels (Notocitellus annulatus): Mexican Mammal Drawn by Jean-Jacques Audubon
That last in-text image, afore the acknowledgment, image-credit and sources-consulted sections, appeals to me.
The afore-mentioned image of the beautiful horse makes me mull whether the latter species meets smaller mammals in animal-sentient ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/26/2026
Beswick Easter Food
Thank you!
This all looks deliciously doable even as the afore-listed menus leave nothing out for a late-lunch Good Friday and a lovely Easter Sunday.
Might hot-cross buns always mix in the same cinnamon spice and the same fruit? If so, what ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/26/2026
The Jewels of Paradise by Donna Leon, on Baroque Musician Agostino Steffani: Music Mystery Review
Online sources indicate that Donna Leon is taking a break from the Brunetti series even as she informed us nothing of his itineraries in 2025 or in this year.
Internet sources say that there should be a sequel sometime after 2025 ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/26/2026
England's Own Anthem
Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question.
It's sad to hear of your having "been unwell." Please know that every day I keep at least one listening session of Be Thou My Vision with you and Maureen and ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/26/2026
Beswick Easter Food
Derdriu,
Further to your comments about Easter food, I have added this separate page.
Veronica, on 03/25/2026
Flooding in Britain; what needs to be done
Yes. We have peat bogs aplenty, and many areas of Britain are reclaimed bog lands. I do not live on reclaimed bog land, but as I live near the River Mersey, there are areas near mine that are reclaimed bog. A bog used to be called a moss in ...
frankbeswick, on 03/25/2026
England's Own Anthem
I have been a bit slow recently, as I have been unwell. I am unsure about the new article, as I started and then stopped. I will return to writing soon.
frankbeswick, on 03/25/2026
Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
Wow! Your Easter feast inspires me to imagine it for this western-pond side too.
Might you make the below-mentioned recipes available so that I may make them Veronica-style?
What ice cream should I serve?
(My plans for Easter with colcannon, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/24/2026
Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
Easter is our main religious feast and I always do an English roast leg of lamb, with an apricot and fresh rosemary glaze. Easter Dessert is always an apple dessert , usually apple shortbread with ice cream and also a chocolate mini egg ...
Veronica, on 03/24/2026
Flooding in Britain; what needs to be done
Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous, same-day observations and question.
Books that I have been reading about global chill, global thaw have herded among extreme weather-unfriendly strategies honing our world's peat ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/24/2026
10 Colors Named After Artists
Thank you for such a fact-filled, fun, functional foray through world-favorite colors!
The Matisse portrait and its colorful interpretation particularly interest me even as the other nine inspire me to investigate all your informative ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/24/2026