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England's Nazareth: the shrine at Walsingham
There are no traditions on our side of the Atlantic that differ from those on your side. Culturally we are close to our fellow Anglophone in the USA.
frankbeswick, on 12/06/2023
What Can Australians Do About the Current Political Situation?
It is the fact that people like the Greens want them to pay a lot more. Others say that would cripple our economy.
https://minerals.org.au/resources/higher-taxes-on-mining-would-damage-australias-investment-recovery/
Leadership will find another ...
Jo_Murphy, on 12/05/2023
Railway Man a Movie Review
I had heard of him, but I have studied her a lot. It is all mind blowing - really!
Jo_Murphy, on 12/05/2023
The Hungergames Phenomenon
That sounds like a course I would like to do. Here in the outback, I can't see the new release of the prequel called The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. I hope it will still be in major theatres by the time I get to the coast in 13 days' time. I ...
Jo_Murphy, on 12/05/2023
What Can Australians Do About the Current Political Situation?
The introductory paragraph mentions taxing mining companies.
Might that mean that mining companies historically pay no taxes in Australia?
DerdriuMarriner, on 12/05/2023
Railway Man a Movie Review
The first paragraph to the first subheading, The Burma railway, backgrounds railway that the British delayed building because of technology being behind a "brutal" environment.
The Burmese independence movement consolidated around deadly, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 12/05/2023
The Hungergames Phenomenon
The eighth paragraph to the third subheading, Suzanne Collins, asks us "If you don't like parts of yourself, what can you do to change this? If you don't like what is going on around you how can you resist?"
This is somewhat related, somewhat ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 12/05/2023
How to Zentangle
I do a lot of portraiture but right now I am working on a children’s mural. You would be surprised how much easier it is to opt for the easy kids stuff. But I am always drawn back to the backbreaking work of portrait.
Jo_Murphy, on 12/05/2023
Understanding Guernica: Insight into the Suffering Associated with Spanish Civil War
I am a History teachers. Intellectually I ‘get’ what happened but at the end of the day war is just madness.
Jo_Murphy, on 12/05/2023
Sydney Opera House - Icon of Australia
It is worth it. You would be surprised too - if you ever got to go behind the scenes to see all the drawings that designers have done over the years. I was dumbstruck.
Jo_Murphy, on 12/05/2023
Sydney Opera House - Icon of Australia
It is worth it. You would be surprised too - if you ever got to go behind the scenes to see all the drawings that designers have done over the years. I was dumbstruck.
Jo_Murphy, on 12/05/2023
How to Make a Digital Jigsaw Card
The first subheading, Jigzone.com, twice alerts us to timed duels.
Is the competition about how quickly one creates or puts together or takes apart jigsaw puzzles?
DerdriuMarriner, on 12/05/2023
How to Zentangle
Guided and spontaneous art both can produce creative forks.
An artistic creation sometimes goes one way, then hits an intersection involving two, two-plus interpretations.
Is it more comfortable, more organized, more productive to opt for one ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 12/05/2023
Understanding Guernica: Insight into the Suffering Associated with Spanish Civil War
The computer crashed before I completed my earlier comment today.
I mention Gernika genocide survivor art as the facts behind the "one lonely, stark scream."
The attack April 26, 1937, obliterated 75 percent of the city even as it somehow ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 12/05/2023
Sydney Opera House - Icon of Australia
You are right, the Sydney Opera House is an icon. It's a bit ironic that the most prominent building in the continent was designed in Denmark. I just recently used the image for one of my online calendars. Thanks for sharing interesting ...
mihgasper, on 12/05/2023