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To the Island of Tides
Much of it is. I don't know if there is a memorial there.
frankbeswick, on 01/24/2024
A Visit to the Giant's Causeway
There is no way of eliminating the smell.
frankbeswick, on 01/24/2024
Corruption in the church:reflections on scandal
Entry is at least twenty one. The average is probably late twenties.
frankbeswick, on 01/24/2024
The Granite Kingdom: a Cornish Journey
Celtic populations haveva strong sense of history, even if individuals do not have historical skills. I am grateful that you told me about Mineral Point. It seems a wonderful community.
frankbeswick, on 01/24/2024
The Granite Kingdom: a Cornish Journey
Downtown Mineral Point conserves the limestone and the sandstone style of Cornish homes. It's quite striking.
The Cornish language managed to survive there even as the Cornish ancestors of Mineral Pointers preserve their family histories and ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/23/2024
Corruption in the church:reflections on scandal
Thank you!
The second paragraph to the second subheading, Security or lack of it, considers that "Nowadays men are expected to enter a bit later in life, having had some life experience, maybe a degree or some time in a job."
What might be the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/23/2024
A Visit to the Giant's Causeway
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Some Unitedstatesians find kelp a bit fishy-smelly to use.
Might that be the case on your, eastern-pond side?
If so, might British ingenuity have figured out how to cancel it out or to mitigate it in some way?
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/23/2024
The Legacy of Rome in Britain
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English Wiktionary suggests as Beck etymology German origins in Beck ("brook, stream"); Old West Norse origins in bekkr ("bench"); and spelling variant of Becker ("baker").
Which meaning -- ;-D -- sounds most accurate and agreeable ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/23/2024
Who Goes to Heaven
Today I caught up with comments other than my own ;-D in the comment boxes below.
Your comment from May 31, 2021, got my attention. You mention Maureen's mother preferring cakes called French fancies.
What might a French fancy be, look, smell ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/23/2024
To the Island of Tides
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The second paragraph to the first subheading, Of Lindisfarne and Cuthbert, indicates that "The journey consists of a number of short walks in the Tweed Valley, where he lives and where Cuthbert lived much of his life."
Is the Tweed ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/23/2024
The Ghostlore of Windsor Castle
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How many royal residences are there?
Do they tend to be more defendable, like Windsor Castle, or more exposed, like Buckingham Palace?
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/23/2024
My Garden World: a Review
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The Unitedstatesian Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate 11 human cases of H5N1 as occurring globally since December 2021. They list four cases as ever occurring in the United States, of which the latest occurred April ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/23/2024
Intelligent design: how credible a theory is it?
The first paragraph to the third subheading, The anthropic principle, considers that "Exponents of chance have been assertive in their claims that randomness is a sufficient explanation of the origins of the universe, after all it is a good way ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/23/2024
Gardening in the Park
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Is the green flag the only honor that is issued?
Or might the Royal Horticultural Society operate Olympics-style and realize the equivalent not only of gold medals but also the equivalents of silver and bronze ;-D?
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/23/2024
The Granite Kingdom: a Cornish Journey
I have neverb heard of Mineral Point, so thank you. There ,are small communities across the globe .that trace their ancestry from Cornwall.
frankbeswick, on 01/23/2024