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Pilate
The fourth paragraph to the first subheading, The road to Jerusalem, considers among official powers the "right to pass the death penalty."
Was there one form of death penalty?
If not, would officials such as Pilate have full right to ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/19/2024
A Visit to the Giant's Causeway
Your comment June 17, 2022, in answer to my previous question the day before, ascribes to kelp a fertilizing role in Irish agriculture and horticulture.
What did ancient, and what do traditional, Irish agriculturists, gardeners and ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/19/2024
Corruption in the church:reflections on scandal
The second sentence to your introduction advises us "inadequate entry procedures for the priesthood."
Might such entry procedures always have existed so or might something, such as increasing materialism, be responsible for their emergence?
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/19/2024
To the Island of Tides
The first paragraph to the first subheading, Of Lindisfarne and Cuthbert, alerts us to the Cuthbert coffin as being a replacement of the original.
What is done when one container no longer is deemed capable of storing holy bones and ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/19/2024
Intelligent design: how credible a theory is it?
The third subheading, The anthropomorphic principle, includes in its first paragraph the description that "It seems that several physical constants are exactly right for the development of intelligent life. Take the charge on the electron.Had it ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/19/2024
Goldilocks and Three Bears
Thank you for the link, under the seventh subheading, The rule of three, to your wizzley on the 3's rule.
The earliest appearance of Goldilocks and her three bears gets me mulling why 3, why not the 7 and the 12 numbers that manifest themselves ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/19/2024
Saint Valentine and Valentine's Day
This Valentine wizzley calls to mind your Father's Day, Thanksgiving and wedding-colors wizzlies because of the welcome situational contexts of the latter three.
Might you be writing a wizzley about decorations, meals and props for Feb. 11, 14 ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/19/2024
Best alternatives to Blogger (Blogspot)
The myfairytales link at the end of the 8th, Substack Blogger alternative has so many different ;-D beaastly -- depictions among its Beauty and the Beast images.
Four artists invoke a brown bear as the beast.
Is there a tradition of brown ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/19/2024
Goldilocks and Three Bears
The in-text image between subheadings 6 and 7, Domestication of the bears and Rule of three respectively, contains a wall sign declaring that "Thyme is money. Save it."
Does the sign really mean the herb or does it really mean time?
Is there ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/19/2024
Back to the Slate Trail
Quercus Petraeus is the sessile oak. It is a native to Britain, but it suffered disproportionally from logging and therefore is not common now, though widespread, though thinly. In A walk with my Father I mention coming across a group of ...
frankbeswick, on 01/19/2024
Simone Weil, a short-lived genius
It is very likely that the two women met, but they did not share the same social circle.
frankbeswick, on 01/19/2024
Back to the Slate Trail
The small islands in the north are very short of treès due to poor soils and strong, salty winds.
frankbeswick, on 01/19/2024
Goldilocks and Three Bears
The sixth subheading, Domestication of the Bears, considers that "We have already mentioned the changes in relations between the bears. By becoming a family they were truly humanized. We also learn that they live in a house, eat porridge, and ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/18/2024
Goldilocks and Three Bears
The fifth subheading, Behavior of the Goldilocks, gives me pause regarding her "improper behavior" with her pronouncements against "too hot porridge, too hard chair."
Is her verbal reaction reflective of someone who is from a socio-economic ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/18/2024
Simone Weil, a short-lived genius
The fourth paragraph to the first subheading, Life and death, considers that "Having qualified in Philosophy at a Grande Ecole, where she came first in her exam, narrowly beating Simone De Beauvoir, she went to teach in Lyons."
Is it known ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/18/2024