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Taking Stock: Pope Francis at 80
This saying should not be taken literally. It is a metaphor for saying that when we replace a pope we choose a person with a character different from their predecessor.
frankbeswick, on 04/25/2024
10 Symbols in The Frog King
Some species have special places in their folklore for sure, but I can't say much more.
Tolovaj, on 04/24/2024
Robert Anning Bell - His Life and His Works
He was brother of his mother. They had the surname Knight.
Tolovaj, on 04/24/2024
Robert Anning Bell - His Life and His Works
His father was a merchant and his uncle was an architect. They were middle class.
Tolovaj, on 04/24/2024
10 Symbols in The Frog King
The enchanted prince (king) had a servant who was so sad for his master he felt his heart will broke. He put three hoops made of iron to prevent that. When his master returned, his heart was so joyeus that hoops broke.
Tolovaj, on 04/24/2024
10 Symbols in The Frog King
Illustrators portrayed them by their inspiration.
Tolovaj, on 04/24/2024
Taking Stock: Pope Francis at 80
The introductory paragraph begins with "The Italians have a saying,"After a fat pope a thin one."
Does that saying base itself on the fact of there being fat popes even as I have no association of any pope with excess girth!
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/24/2024
Moorland Fires
Thank you for your comment below on Oct. 17, 2019, in answer to my previous-day observations and question Oct. 16, 2019.
Window breakage caused me to consider trees exploding from such events as fires, high winds and ice.
Have there been ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/24/2024
The Appeal of Ruins
Your comment below on March 12, 2020, in answer to my previous, same day observations and question intrigues me.
In particular, I mull your noting that the king "should have realized that to try to send someone to hell is to qualify for Hell ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/24/2024
10 Symbols in The Frog King
Thank you for the links completing subheading 10, about iron.
All the images display sometimes obviously, sometimes subtly varied interpretations of frog looks.
Does any tradition defer to a specific frog genus and species?
(I get quite a ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/24/2024
Robert Anning Bell - His Life and His Works
The first paragraph to your introduction introduces us to Robert Anning Bell's uncle as an architect.
Might that kinship have been maternal or paternal?
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/24/2024
The Berwyns: a lonely, but beautiful range
The introductory paragraph advises us that "the Welsh coast provides some of the best coastal recreation in Britain."
What does the phrase coastal recreation subsume? Might it be beach volleyball-playing, canoeing, sunning, swimming and ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/24/2024
Robert Anning Bell - His Life and His Works
English Wikipedia describes Robert Anning Bell as the son of cheesemonger Robert George Bell.
What socioeconomic niche did that entail for him? Did that involve the merchant class?
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/24/2024
Understanding the Situation in Jerusalem
It appears to me that embassy work demands much personally and professionally of its staff.
Does the east-pond government pay for its embassy workers to spend extended weekends and national or religious holidays back in the British Isles?
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/24/2024
The Southport Flower Show
Your comment below on Sep. 21, 2019, in answer to my previous, same-day observation and question intrigues me.
The Southport flower show keeps itself independent of the Royal Horticultural Society even as RHS prestigious, quality standards ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/24/2024