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The Power and the Glory: Who is a saint?
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It's interesting that a priest does not have to make and respond to his own confession, Last Rites or simple "I'm sorry" to God.
Non-priests may baptize. Would it be sufficient for any non-priest to say "I'm sorry"?
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/03/2024
The Monk Who Went Missing
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Online sources appear to give only the priestly name.
Is Dom Maurus Deegan's birth name known?
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/03/2024
Best Sources of Free Pictures (Photos, Clip Art, and Other Royalty Free Images)
Thank you again for the WizardofOz images link!
The introductory image before the first 26 in-text images from the Denslow output appears to caption "The wizard blew a bubble around Santa Claus." It appears to contain an artist signature just ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/03/2024
Beauty and the Beast - How Different Artists Saw the Beast Differently
Beauty appears more interesting for how she braves, for her family, an unexpected situation with an unknown outcome. It correlates with Persephone, for all creation and for her family, braving Hades.
Beast furnishes interest as someone whose ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/03/2024
Best Sources of Free Pictures (Photos, Clip Art, and Other Royalty Free Images)
Thank you for the 10th subheading, Online Collections on Specific Topics by Enthusiasts:, linking to The wizard of Oz in pictures.
The fourth image makes me think of the in-text meeting of Dorothy with Glinda the Good.
Mightn't Glinda seem a ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/03/2024
Best Sources of Free Pictures (Photos, Clip Art, and Other Royalty Free Images)
Thank you for the linked Oz in the 10th subheading, Online Collections on Specific Topics by Enthusiasts!
It's interesting that the first Oz book inspired 13 more by L. Frank Baum even as it's sad that the copyright status only protects the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/03/2024
Hansel and Gretel: Hard Facts Behind the Fairy Tale
The 8th subheading, It inspired numerous adaptations for different media, advises us that "Bugs Bunny performed in the role of the rescuer two decades later [in 1954]."
English Wikipedia describes Bewitched bunny as 6 minutes 56 seconds ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/03/2024
Some Scenic Areas in Northern Ireland
The highest point in Britain is 4414 feet, Ben Nevis. It is part of the Three Peaks challenge, which combines the top peaks of England, Scotland and Wales. In Ireland the highest peak is Carauntohil, there are no high peaks in Cornwall.
frankbeswick, on 04/03/2024
Edible Flowers
No. I don't think that the Virginia bluebell grows wild in Britain, and I have never grown them.
frankbeswick, on 04/03/2024
The July allotment
Yes, prodding is getting the peas from their pods. The pods can then be composted.
frankbeswick, on 04/03/2024
Best Sources of Free Pictures (Photos, Clip Art, and Other Royalty Free Images)
The last line before the second subheading, Name your images, advises us that "Just one more thing: use at least one image for every published article. A rule of the thumb is using one picture after every eight to twelve lines of text but rely ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/02/2024
Best Sources of Free Pictures (Photos, Clip Art, and Other Royalty Free Images)
The two links, to Golden Retrievers and to the Wizard of Oz, at the very end of the 10th subheading, Online Collections on Specific Topics by Enthusiasts, particularly appeal to me.
The Oz link ends mentioning similar treatment of The emerald ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/02/2024
The July allotment
The second paragraph to the second subheading, Harvesting and cleaning, considers peas podded and stored.
Does podding separate peas from their pods?
If so, what is the fate of those pods?
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/02/2024
Best Sources of Free Pictures (Photos, Clip Art, and Other Royalty Free Images)
The fourth link to the seventh subheading, Digital libraries, advises us that "Hmmm… can't reach this pagegallica.bnf.fr took too long to respond[.] Try: Checking the connection[;] Checking the proxy and the firewall[;] Running Windows Network ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/02/2024
Edible Flowers
Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica) are blue-i-fying the mossy ground under the box elder (Acer negundo), the silver maple (Acer saccharinum) and the two eastern white pines (Pinus strobus) alongside the black cherry (Prunus ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/02/2024