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On the Edge of the Western Ocean
The name Thornton came to Ireland when the parliamentary army invaded. A Thornton from that army got land, I believe. It is likely that his tenants took his surname. This has led to a situation in which there are Catholic and Protestant ...
frankbeswick, on 02/18/2025
Civil Society: an option besides state and private
Thank you for your two comments immediately below, on May 3, 2023, in answer to my previous observation and question.
Unitedstatesian charitable organizations can cull quite a hallowed status lucratively and reputationally. Many if not almost ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/18/2025
On the Edge of the Western Ocean
Ragnar Jónasson authored a new book last year, Death at the Sanatorium.
His hero, Helgi, conserves the bookstore-collection and personal library of his book-selling father and grandfather.
Helgi's (and Ragnar Jónasson's) favorite mystery ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/18/2025
Rock-Haunting Ringtail Possum (Petropseudes dahli) of Groote Eylandt and Northern Australia
Rock-haunting ringtail possums appear around aboriginal art-archiving rocks.
No aboriginal-art rocks domicile rock-haunting ringtail possum depictions.
But perhaps we have yet to harvest them from hidden aboriginal art-honored hidden ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/18/2025
Grapefruit Cultivation: The Realities of Back Yard Grapefruit Tree Growing
February is national grapefruit month!
What is the most popular way to ingest my favorite fruit?
Grapefruit ice cream from my family recipes always matters even as everybody munches marvelously on my family's cake, drink, fresh-fruit, muffin, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/18/2025
Ring-Tailed Rock Wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus) of Australian Lands "Down Under"
Ring-tailed land and water animal sentients amaze me.
Isn't it interesting to imagine, in terms of Australian wildlife, such impressive sentients as ring-tailed rock wallabies and rock-haunting ring-tailed possums invoked through museum and ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/18/2025
Socotra Frankincense Tree (Boswellia socotrana): Island of the Phoenix and Its Vulnerable Incense
Socotran trees are so amazing that they called for ancient comments even as they command current commentaries.
Isn't it interesting to investigate such ancient languages as hieroglyphics, Hittite and Sanskrit for such information about the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/18/2025
Boosting Productivity for Financial Success and Personal Development
The third-last sentence advises us that "Budgeting and economic decision-making and financial and retirement planning require committing numerical and textual information to memory and scrutinizing gains and losses, inflows and ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/18/2025
Socotra Dragon's Blood Tree (Dracaena cinnabari): Vulnerability of Intricately Branched Giving Tree
The Phoenicians amazed the ancient world with their seafaring and trading abilities.
One item that they included in their trade is cut-down tree wood.
Isn't it interesting to imagine Phoenicians itinerating Mediterranean and Middle-East ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/18/2025
Wisconsin's Natural Bridge State Park: Arch, Rockshelter, Shade-Tolerant Flora of Medicinal Interest
The month February celebrates national crepes and national pancakes days on Sunday, February the 2nd and Thursday, February the 13th respectively.
Family celebrations included hickory syrup-inundated crepes, pancakes and waffles.
Everything is ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/18/2025
Valentine's Symbols
It's hard to tell. Symbolism of colors changes with context. Red flowers mean something completely different than red traffic sign, for instance. Different cultures perceive it differently. Shades are a special story - just think about baby blue ...
Tolovaj, on 02/10/2025
Socotra Pomegranate Tree (Punica protopunica): The Vulnerable Predicament of the "Other Pomegranate"
The computer crashed again before I conveyed yet another component of mixed-pomegranate, one-species or Socotran-pomegranate gardens.
Let's not leave out linking all the lovely species in long looks at their likability in launching dessert and ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/10/2025
Socotra Cucumber Tree (Dendrosicyos socotrana): Isolated Isle's Weird Fantastic Vulnerable Tree
The computer crashed before I communicated another component of Socotra-cucumber drinkability and edibility.
Comparative Asian, Canadian, Socotran tea times defer to drawing together Asian, Canadian, Socotran cucumbers with their respectively ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/10/2025
Socotran Fig Tree (Dorstenia gigas): Extraordinary Forms of a Near Threatened Bottle Tree
The computer crashed again before I could convey another component of fig drinkability and potability.
Fig species do well with their fruits jam-ified and jelly-ified.
So isn't it interesting to imagine a fig-species garden from which fig ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/10/2025
Septum Piercings on Girls~ Dangers, Healing, Cleansing and Infections
Septum piercings cause me to consider two holiday configurations.
One configuration defers to multi-colored septum piercings that, for example, domicile blue with red and white for July 4th and Memorial Day, green or orange for Saint Patrick's ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/10/2025