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Wisdom: a forgotten concept
Yes.
frankbeswick, on 04/29/2024
Reflections on the Crisis in the Catholic Church
Saints never regardbthemselves saints. I suspect that heaven and he'll have one thing in common. They are both inhabited by people who don't think they deserve to be there
frankbeswick, on 04/29/2024
The North Wales Pilgrim Path
The connections between Tokharian and Gaelic are mysterious, especially as a great landmass separate them. But not all liminal sites overlooked the ocean. But strangely the mongol peoples, who knew not the sea, used a word related to ocean for ...
frankbeswick, on 04/29/2024
Pretirement:one year on
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The word tip intrigues me etymologically and organizationally.
Is it known how, when, where, why the aforementioned word included in its meanings ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/29/2024
Mary Magdalene: the woman who loved much
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It's interesting to know about rearranged gospels. Is it known the when, who and why of the adulterous woman (and man ;-D!) tale traveling into the St. Luke ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/29/2024
Wisdom: a forgotten concept
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Your answer advises us of your daughter's family-therapy certificate, "the study for which is deemed to be at a masters level."
Does that study demand ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/29/2024
Reflections on the Crisis in the Catholic Church
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An honor awarded quickly after the honoree's death perhaps suggests said honoree suspecting the posthumous honor.
Would that be the case with Doctor ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/29/2024
The North Wales Pilgrim Path
The second paragraph to the second subheading, Towards the waterfall, advises us that " Liminal places include mountain tops and sites of great natural beauty."
Elizabeth Wayland, in The mummies of Ürümchi, about the Tarim river basin mummies ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/29/2024
Robert Anning Bell - His Life and His Works
The in-text image between the first subheading, Illustrations, and the second, Relief, appears quite aesthetic, quite striking.
That image invites further acquaintance. But my cursor leaves me clueless about artistic attributions even as I ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/29/2024
Keswick to Threlkeld Railway Walk, Cumbria
Your first in-text image apprises us of railway bridges.
The aforementioned bridge now serves as a footpath. What was its original function, purpose and use?
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/27/2024
The Appeal of Ruins
The demons are rogue angels, so it is thought, so lack human souls. We do not know much about the damned, whether there is any hope for them.
frankbeswick, on 04/27/2024
Chadkirk Chapel, Cheshire
Your daughter-in-law caught such clear images through her camera.
In particular, the second and the fifth in-text images convey the beauty of, and the skill behind, the arboricultural espaliering technique.
Do you like wall-trained trees? I do ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/27/2024
Robert Anning Bell - His Life and His Works
The first in-text image amuses me.
Does it look to you, as it does to me, that Beast is sitting comfortably, with legs crossed, atop a table?
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/27/2024
The Appeal of Ruins
Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous, same-day observations and questions.
It intrigues me how the Church interpreted Dame Julian of Norwich (Nov. 8, 1342-1416?) in her lifetime and from her lifetime onward to now.
If Hell ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/27/2024
The Berwyns: a lonely, but beautiful range
I found nothing of value on the beach. But the search was fun.
frankbeswick, on 04/27/2024