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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
Mailing Addresses for 2023 Form 4868 Extending 1040 and 1040SR April 15, 2024, Due Date
You're welcome, Tolovaj! Thank you for the visit and the appreciation.
P.S. Might there be any fairy tales about tax collectors ;-D?
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/24/2024
10 Symbols in The Frog King
English Wikipedia calls the fairy tale Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich, literally "The Frog King or the Iron Henry."
The 10th subheading, about iron, correlates iron with the trusty servant Henry.
Why is the trustworthiness brought ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/24/2024
10 Symbols in The Frog King
Thank you for the links concluding symbol 10 about iron.
All the images -- but for two -- in the first link, to Frog king in pictures, illustrations and drawings, convey what could be late-teen, very-early 20-year-old girls. But do the fifth ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/24/2024
The North Wales Pilgrim Path
I love long walks, and walking down coastal paths in beautiful green scenery with a rich cultural history ticks all the boxes, as the British idiom goes.I am hopeful that my currently successful program of physiotherapy will enable me to improve ...
frankbeswick, on 04/20/2024
How Should We Respond to Islam?
Problems with The demonic seem to have risen in recent years, but there are no clear statistics onnthe issue. We know that the church is raising the number of clerics trained in dealing with these problems. No tradition of a reincarnated Christ ...
frankbeswick, on 04/20/2024
The Monks Return to Whalley
The normal clothes for monks and nuns would be what ordinary people wear.
frankbeswick, on 04/20/2024
Sacred Gardens
No. Eden is a mythical past. Non return to a mythic time is possible.
frankbeswick, on 04/20/2024
Rotating your crops
Landlords needed a profit from their estates and only the cereals could provide It. Furthermore the country is not great for wheat, the climate is not right, Ireland is a land great for cattle and horses.
frankbeswick, on 04/20/2024
Meet the Herods
Forced conversion never works.
frankbeswick, on 04/20/2024
Laudato Si: reflections on the papal encyclical
I do not know the film. But there is no reason why an animal cannot be blessed. Aquinas said that Grace works through nature, so Grace would work on an animal in accordance with its nature.
The gospels tell us that the colt on which Jesus ...
frankbeswick, on 04/20/2024