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Three Traditional Autumn Apple Recipes - Cake, Pudding and a Crumble

Ha ha! Love that! :)

KathleenDuffy, on 06/18/2015

Castles of Europe

Thanks for the comments to both of you. Yes, each country could be done as a different article.

blackspanielgallery, on 06/18/2015

Georgia's Wild and Beautiful Okefenokee Swamp

MBC, Thanks! From what I hear your own sate has a lot of natural beauty... but I think I prefer our swamp. ;) Hope you get to visit some time.

swampnut, on 06/18/2015

Georgia's Wild and Beautiful Okefenokee Swamp

Franksbewick, we see a lot of visitors who venture off the packaged entertainment "Disney" type trail and enjoy the natural wonder of the swamp's different parks. Hope you get to be one of them one day!

swampnut, on 06/18/2015

Camping and Canoeing in the Okefenokee Swamp

Patricia, I have used Amazon's CreateSpace to self publish, as did my wife. Both books turned out really good, but you do all the work if you use their free version. Then you also have to do all the promotion of the book. It'll take you a few ...

swampnut, on 06/18/2015

Castles of Europe

The castles of each country are worth an article in themselves. Ireland, as Veronica says, has some interesting castles, including the ones that she mentioned, and Blarney Castle, where you can kiss the Blarney stone. Wales has some spectacular ...

frankbeswick, on 06/18/2015

Discounts Eliminated for Senior Citizens

Are there discounts offered by the state or federal governments? Here in the UK I enjoy free off peak travel [after 9.30 am] on buses, trams and local trains, though our government is pushing back the age at which you can receive it. I received ...

frankbeswick, on 06/18/2015

Castles of Europe

What a delightful article, factual and interesting, well divided into topics. Of course an article or even an entire book could never include them all but you have included some examples which show a variation in location and style and age. ...

Veronica, on 06/18/2015

Sleeping Beauty: Facts

I remember the thirteen fairies, too. I hadn't connected them to the twelve months and thirteen moons. I didn't know the version in which the princess had children. I think I'll look up some of these earlier stories. Thanks, Tolovaj.

Guest, on 06/18/2015

Camping and Canoeing in the Okefenokee Swamp

This is great. I did pieces like this for Yahoo AC, too, (I was a travel writer) but I also kept a journal when I went camping and wrote humorous serial stories about them. I want to put them ...

Patricia Sicilia, on 06/17/2015

The Great Arizona Haboob of 2011

Never heard of haboobs. I can see they're quite dangerous. That video by Mike Olbinski was incredible!

Mira, on 06/17/2015

Series Commas: The Comma Before "And"

These are funny examples :). I'm all for the serial comma myself. It makes for a better flow of the sentence.

Mira, on 06/17/2015

Castles of Europe

If I tried to add them all, well this would be books in volumes. I looked at the lists by country on Wikipedia, and it would be far too many to show. Thanks.

blackspanielgallery, on 06/17/2015

Castles of Europe

Nice selection of castles - of course there are so many more! Glad to see Edinburgh Castle made it on your list.

jptanabe, on 06/17/2015

Mythical Creature Salt and Pepper Shakers

Thanks!

jptanabe, on 06/17/2015