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Sailors' Valentines Shell Art

The valentines are really stunning, and as you say, to think that the sailors made them, is quite impressive. I had never heard of them until just before I did this article.

dustytoes, on 02/25/2014

Off the Beaten Path: Images of Florida Spring Wildflowers

These must be starting to come up now.

ologsinquito, on 02/25/2014

How Working Together Can Stretch Household Budgets

This was such an interesting article! Loved the comments, too! Pinning it onto our common Wizzley board :-) Also onto one of my Health and Nutrition boards. Cheers! :) P.S. Also pinned some of the books. Great idea to include them. :)

Mira, on 02/25/2014

Breakfast Romanian-Style, with Some Other Breakfast Ideas

Thank you, Derdriu! I love having breakfast, and it's always the meal I enjoy the most when I travel. And when I do get to do that again, I'll try to photograph breakfast plates :-)

Mira, on 02/25/2014

Have Brussels Sprouts for Breakfast Some Days. Here’s Why

Good to hear :-)

Mira, on 02/25/2014

What Does a Humanitarian Worker Do?

I agree with you fancytoughboots. Unfortunately, even having had Peace Corps or similar experience when young, when in that fancy apartment with a fat salary, that previous sensitivity can be lost as a different kind of pragmatism takes over. ...

Sheri_Oz, on 02/25/2014

Collecting Vintage Christmas Pins

What a fun collection to have.

paperfacets, on 02/24/2014

Dragonriders of Pern Series

Ah, I've never heard of the Damia series, I'll have to check them out.:)

Jyreeil, on 02/24/2014

Dragonriders of Pern Series

I absolutely devoured these books back in the day. She's a great writer. I loved her Damia series too.

JoHarrington, on 02/24/2014

The Truth Behind the Legend of the Tower of London Ravens

This is fascinating. I especially enjoyed Boria Sax's being a stickler about checking the source documents -- careers have been made from doggedly tracing backward to originals. Also intriguing is the underlying potentiality of a transplanted ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 02/24/2014

One Hundred Pages on Wizzley: Enjoy the Journey Because the Destination Approaches Anyway

JoHarrington, Thank you! Time flies when you're having fun, doesn't it? These past five months have flown, not too fast, but oftentimes just right -- if time had been a little slower, though, I could have written more! :-) Actually, the spate of ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 02/24/2014

Sailors' Valentines Shell Art

Dustytoes, Sailors' valentines have fascinated me since childhood. They are so aesthetic and so intricate that it almost does not seem possible that human hands, especially sailors' well-developed hands, could make them. The precision of their ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 02/24/2014

One Hundred Pages on Wizzley: Enjoy the Journey Because the Destination Approaches Anyway

Dustytoes, Thank you! Me, too, I agree that it's nice that Shirley Temple shares in my milestone.

DerdriuMarriner, on 02/24/2014

How Working Together Can Stretch Household Budgets

I will look at what I I have,Jo, but you have given me something to think about. I might write something that fits the theme.

frankbeswick, on 02/24/2014

Giant Microbes Gifts Us Cuddly Viruses and Plush Toy Contagions

Might be. But as at least one colleague has a cold at any given time, thanks to dealing with so many patients in a day, the common cold virus is undoubtedly the most appropriate.

Guest, on 02/24/2014