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To the Island of Tides

I think that the interest in setting the Hound of Heaven to music was posthumous.

frankbeswick, 16 days ago

Starting a new garden

Acanthus, gladioli, foxglove.

frankbeswick, 16 days ago

Philosophy for Gardeners: a review

Parkinson's disease slowly destroys the neurons that provide balance.There is no cure. I work at the local park. The manager has two volunteers who are strong and sturdy. They take on the heavy jobs. I am allocated greenhouse management, ...

frankbeswick, 16 days ago

To the Island of Tides

The last sentence in the second paragraph to your subheading Lindisfarne includes a reference to The Hound of Heaven poem by Francis Thompson. The Wikipedia article on that poem references musical settings by William Henry Harris in 1919, ...

DerdriuMarriner, 16 days ago

Starting a new garden

Additionally, I'm interested in English cottage garden plantings indoors. What would be your favorite English cottage garden plants? Which ones of the above would you suggest as counter, floor, screened-porch, shelving, stair, tabletop, ...

DerdriuMarriner, 16 days ago

Philosophy for Gardeners: a review

I'm sorry to read below about your balance. Are you able to do any gardening outdoors? You still can do indoor gardening, such as tabletop and windowsill plantings, correct?

DerdriuMarriner, 16 days ago

What is Search Engine Optimization in Digital Marketing

The fourth sentence in your third paragraph mentions that "Some of the metrics are known, while many remain hidden for search engine optimization consultants." Search engine optimization consultants must have to sign non-disclosure agreements, ...

DerdriuMarriner, 16 days ago

Philosophy for Gardeners: a review

Both. You can philosophies on the garden, for example asking questions about the good life. But gardening can raise philosophical questions, e.g. on the ethics of killing pests. Recently the question of surŕendering possessions arose. As my ...

frankbeswick, 17 days ago

Philosophy for Gardeners: a review

It is rewarding to delve deep in clear language. Is gardening a vehicle for philosophy? Or is gardening a tool to explain philosophy? Perhaps gardening is best understood via philosophical thought. These do not need to be disjoint.

blackspanielgallery, 18 days ago

The English Hedge

We don't have the Pacific when, and our wren never nests in houses, so it is the winter wren, Troglodytes hiemalis.

frankbeswick, 18 days ago

What is Search Engine Optimization in Digital Marketing

SEO directories are just the same a link farms with no authority and search now ignore directory submissions.

pateluday, 19 days ago

The English Hedge

Your sub-heading The Role of Hedges includes a reference to the tiny wren. Tiny wren on this side of the (Atlantic) pond may refer to house wrens (Troglodytes aedon), Pacific wrens (T. pacificus) or winter wrens (T. hiemalis), depending upon ...

DerdriuMarriner, 19 days ago

Women’s Warm, Funky Cashmere Jackets and Coats for Winter

In particular, I like the three blue cashmere outerwear. The eighth sentence under your subheading, Cashmere Wool, indicates that "The processing of the fleece used de-hairing methods in which the coarse hair is separated with the fine and ...

DerdriuMarriner, 19 days ago

Guardian Angel Gifts for Christmas

The film Sundays at Tiffany's, from 2010, deals with a girl, Jane, and her imaginary friend, Michael. Michael somewhat functions as a guardian angel in the way that he celebrates good times with her and helps her problem-solve and survive the ...

DerdriuMarriner, 19 days ago

Fairy Tales for Christmas

The fifth sentence under your subheading, Story Telling, indicates that "Every 20 miles apart, there is a twist in the language or the language has changed altogether." Would this distance have been true anciently and modernly?

DerdriuMarriner, 19 days ago