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Snow Lions or Snow Leopards
MBC, Thank you for the pictures, prayers, and quotes. In particular, I like what Milarepa says as well as the associations with the Buddha's throne and the Tibetan flag. Will you be writing about the skeleton dance?
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/04/2015
Gardens of Italy by Ann Laras: Book Review on Central, Northern, Southern Peninsular Green Treasures
MBC, Thank you for enjoying the writing and liking the pictures! Italy is such an inspirational place for doing what I love to do: getting to know a country through its cultivated and wild plants and domesticated and wild animals.
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/04/2015
Venice & The Veneto by Susie Boulton and Cristopher Catling: Eyewitness Travel Book Review
Candy47, It's a pleasure! One of my favorite ways to view a country is through garden tours!
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/04/2015
Book Review: Growing Healthy Houseplants, by Ellen Zachos, in Storey Basics Self-Reliance Series
HappyNutritionist, Everywhere I look I like to see plants, indoors and outdoors, in light and in shade.
Sometimes, shade garden plants do well indoors and sometimes they don't. It helps to maximize any reflected light possibilities by having ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/04/2015
The Jewels of Paradise by Donna Leon, on Baroque Musician Agostino Steffani: Music Mystery Review
Mira, The combination of Baroque music expertise and 25+-year residency combine to make "The Jewels of Paradise" a fascinating reading experience. All of Donna Leon's books merit being read even though I guess when push comes to shove I'd have ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/04/2015
Music Book Review: Venetian Curiosities by Donna Leon, Baroque Era Title #2 With Vivaldi Concerti CD
Mira, Thank you for mentioning the number of famous St. Stephen's churches in Europe. It's an interesting fact to keep in mind. One of my favorites is the elegantly simple Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry in the Aquitanian region of France.
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/04/2015
Film Review: The Pilot Episode to The Mentalist
Mira, Please let me know what you think of the series when you can view it. Simon Baker is so endearing that it's a shock to recall that he actually can play an unlikeable person (in "Margin Call" by J.C. Chandor).
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/04/2015
Interstellar: Science Fiction Film Review
Mira, Scientists cannot make Einsteinian, Newtonian, and quantum theories explain all things in regard to the universe without ending up contradicting one another. For example, the above first two theories do not account for the super-big, super ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/04/2015
Interstellar: Science Fiction Film Review
The older version with Michael Rennie is one of my absolute favorite science fiction films even though I'm a fan of Keanu Reeves, particularly in "47 Ronin," "John Wick," "The Matrix" series, and "Much Ado About Nothing."
Joseph Lockard Martin, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/04/2015
Movie Review: Cake (2014)
I think she still has a hard time separating herself from her "Friends" Rachel character everyone still associates her with. And, it doesn't help that a lot of her movies just aren't that good.
StevenHelmer, on 06/04/2015
Garden Medley No-Lettuce Salad
Looks delicious but I would go ahead and add the lettuce.
MBC, on 06/04/2015
Urban Foxes
Mmm, not sure how to help with that one Frank!
Telesto, on 06/04/2015
Days of the Week
Thank you CruiseReady, thanks for reading.
Telesto, on 06/04/2015
Why Wizzley Why?
Hi there Nanci. I hope you are right. I've been busy with other projects so haven't been on here for a while, hope to get back to it soon.
Telesto, on 06/04/2015
Cats In Art
Thanks CruiseReady - I thought so too.
MBC, on 06/04/2015