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Forty One Years, One Walk
Referring to my comments below, my daughter has never had the time to settle to writing. Nine years as a social worker in child protection, two of which were managing a team, soaked up her energies, and now she has moved to psychotherapy she has ...
frankbeswick, on 09/27/2024
Symbols of Halloween - Use Them at Their Best
Heavy rain and heavy wind are affecting the computer.
Hawaiian night-marching huakai po gets entered some sentences at a time.
So it might be Monday or Tuesday. Your comment box will get a "wizzley-finished" message to this wizzley that works ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/27/2024
The Sliding of Solway Moss
He was an active writer, but what his most famous book was I know not.
frankbeswick, on 09/27/2024
Silphium Rediscovered
Some grains require hot climates, e.g. millet and to a lesser degree maize, but barley tolerates cooler conditions, whereas rye can cope with more difficult soils and climates.
frankbeswick, on 09/27/2024
Lighthouses of Ireland: Sentinels of the Sea Documentary
My product line accents the Fanad lighthouse even as other puzzles advance other Irish lighthouses.
Are there avid Irish- and other-lighthouse puzzle collectors?
My collection begins with Baily, Fanad, Fastnet, Galleyhead, Hook Head and ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/27/2024
Five Annuals That Attract Hummingbirds: Phlox, Garden Balsam, Jewelweed, Nasturtium, Tree Tobacco
My wildlife mapping assures me of area hummingbird presences even as the COVID-shutdown and the post-COVID-shutdown ambiances astound me with firefly, wild-onion and wild-strawberry absences.
The back yard still attracts hummingbird ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/27/2024
Book Review: The Illustrated Theory of Everything by Stephen W. Hawking
This book review is, since Wednesday, March 14, 2018, dedicated to the memory of Dr. Stephen Hawking (Jan. 8, 1942-Mar 14, 2018), with thanks for all the astrophysical truths that he manifested as simple truths for household-word-recognition ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/27/2024
Macaroni and Cheese Cupcakes Topped With Mashed Potato Frosting
Those who adore a macaroni-and-cheese main course perhaps appreciate macaroni and cheese cupcakes with mashed-potato frosting for the dessert course.
But does this dessert not only appeal to macaroni-and-cheese adorers but also to mashed ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/27/2024
21 Most Valuable Career Skills: Career Development, Guidance, Planning
Thank you for your comment below, Dec. 29, 2023, in answer to my previous, same-day observation.
How appropriately and astutely "Sadly missed" applies to Elementary (and in fact to the other series cancelled before their time: Elementary, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/27/2024
Silphium Rediscovered
Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.
Wheat adaptability intrigues me.
Is it the only adaptable grain or is such adaptability all part of -- ;-D -- being a grain?
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/27/2024
The Sliding of Solway Moss
Thank you for your comment below, on Jan. 23, 2020, in answer to my previous observation and question.
The library system does not have the Bellamy book even as some online sources drew me to some interesting bog-general, Solway Moss-specific ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/27/2024
Silphium Rediscovered
Mediterranean plants are suitable for low fertility soils. Some plants are adaptable, such as wheat, which grows well in the Mediteranean region.
frankbeswick, on 09/27/2024
Dark Gold: Garden Compost
No. They are both useful.
frankbeswick, on 09/27/2024
Forty One Years, One Walk
I doubt it. Of my three sons the eldest has artistic talent , the second is an excellent journalist, but has a sales job that sucks up his time, and the third is a civil servant who is so good at writing reports that he has a training role ...
frankbeswick, on 09/27/2024
A Colorful Journey: Comparing and Contrasting Mexican Folk Art With Polish Folk Art
Your product line of pillowed Mexican and Polish folk-art colors and designs appeals to me.
Are the designs just available as comfortable pillows and frame-able art or are there bedspreads, curtains and tapestries?
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/26/2024