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The Hidden Garden
My friend, who is a far better Gaelic speaker than I, uses Irish Gaelic, but can understand Scots Gaelic speakers
frankbeswick, on 03/08/2024
Much in Little: food production in a small space
Thank you!
Compost applications are a favorite.
Haven't you tended toward leaf compost?
(If so, what kind of leaves might you favor?)
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/07/2024
Foragers' Wines
Wine Making Guides site identifies as ingredients
1/2 lb / 225 grams onions
1/2 lb / 225 grams potatoes
1 lb / 450 grams raisins
2 1/2 lbs / 1,100 grams granulated sugar
1 teaspoon acid blend
Wine yeast
1 teaspoon yeast nutrient / energiser
8 ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/07/2024
Countdown to Crisis: the looming electoral problems in the United Kingdom
Thank you!
That's sobering about the Channel Islands.
How was communication carried out? Were the Nazi occupiers fluent in English or would the Channel Isles-ers have had to learn German?
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/07/2024
Can Christians Believe in Evolution?
Thank you!
Some online sources describe Jesus Christ, Joseph and Our Lady Mary as Aramaic speakers.
Is Aramaic deemed the family and household language of the Holy Family?
What other languages might the Holy Family have known and used?
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/07/2024
Biophilia: the love of nature
The elm tree-based jonquils bloomed Sunday and the ephemeral pool-based spring peepers cheep since Saturday even as the blue jay and the eastern bluebird respectively call "thief!" names and "purty, purty [= pretty]" compliments since the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/07/2024
Besides the Ocean of Time: reflections on the book
A six-year-old attends first grade, the entry, first level after kindergarten.
That causes me to consider the subjects that do and do not draw a six-year-old.
What is the curriculum? One of learning mathematics, reading and writing?
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/07/2024
Horse Racing History: the Preakness Stakes
The second paragraph in your introduction ends with "The Preakness was not run in 1891, 1892 or 1893, but has been contested every year since."
Why was the second jewel in the racing crown not held in those three years?
Were the first and the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/07/2024
Giants in Fairy Tales
No, the ogre in Puss in Boots didn't have gigantic servants. This would made a story too complicated. But illustrators played a lot with perspectives and we have what we have.
Tolovaj, on 03/07/2024
Giants in Fairy Tales
The one eyed giant was made by Henry Justice Ford, three giants by Max Teschemacher, young giant with horses by Otto Ubbelohde.
Tolovaj, on 03/07/2024
Walter Crane: His Art and Life through Illustrations
Well, maybe our perception of sensational is today different than then?
Tolovaj, on 03/07/2024
Walter Crane: His Art and Life through Illustrations
Some of the yellow books were brought across the Channel, that's for sure, but I don't think they had an organized distribution.
Tolovaj, on 03/07/2024
Giants in Fairy Tales
Mother figure in fairy tales is presented as a fairy or a witch. Giants are almost exclusively male.
Tolovaj, on 03/07/2024
Giants in Fairy Tales
No, daughters are not described as 'small giants' The story doesn't deal with that. Their function is just to be killed instead of the boys thanks to the giant's stupidity. The story teller also didn't want to make them to close to the audience ...
Tolovaj, on 03/07/2024
Giants in Fairy Tales
Giants are mostly male. When they ahve wives in fairy tales, they are often portrayed much smaller, without the attributes typical to giants. The focus of the story is on him, she is just a 'footnote'.
Tolovaj, on 03/07/2024