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The Jewels of Paradise by Donna Leon, on Baroque Musician Agostino Steffani: Music Mystery Review

The television series of Guido-Brunetti novels goes from the years 2000 into 2019. Guido Brunetti post-2019 itinerated through the novels Trace Elements (2020) Transient Desires (2021) Give Unto Others (2022) So Shall You Reap (2023) A ...

DerdriuMarriner, 13 days ago

Jacu Bird Coffee From Brazil: Biodynamic Agriculture, Cosmic Cycles, and Organic Farming

My comment immediately below advises that "For those considering the pitanga jam (Eugenia uniflora, Brazilian cherry) counted among Camocim-farm cultivations, the afore-concerned culinary creation comes from the maroon, orange, scarlet fruits of ...

DerdriuMarriner, 13 days ago

In the new national forest

Thank you for the comment below in answer to my previous observation and question. How does the non-native sika dwell in British-Isle forests even as distant China, Japan, Korea, Russia, Taiwan domicile them natively?

DerdriuMarriner, 13 days ago

In the new national forest

The muntjac arrived as fauna in a private collection for the enjoyment of a rich landowner. They settled well. The sika deer are not native either.

frankbeswick, 13 days ago

A Quiet Corner of Ireland

I usually packed a sandwich and a chocolate bar, along with a bottle of orange juice. I had no specific rules. What I took was pure habit.

frankbeswick, 13 days ago

A Quiet Corner of Ireland

I usually packed a sandwich and a chocolate bar, along with a bottle of orange juice. I had no specific rules. What I took was pure habit.

frankbeswick, 13 days ago

Death of Nabiré: Only Four Known Living Northern White Rhinoceroses

The book Wild Languages of Mother Nature by Gabby Dawnay of Wed., May 29, 2024 considers among the 48 language-speakers white rhinoceroses. The afore-designated rhinoceroses describe the southern-white species even as the northern-white species ...

DerdriuMarriner, 14 days ago

In the new national forest

The last section on the fauna of the forest considers native red and sika deer even as it concerns itself with the non-native muntjac. How does the non-native muntjac dwell in British-Isle forests even as distant Japan domiciles them natively?

DerdriuMarriner, 14 days ago

Global Warming: Warning from the Sky

The Icelandic Norse settled Greenland during the Medieval Warming Period even as their east and west colonies vanished during the Little Ice Age. Would those Icelandic Norse have watched noctilucent clouds wending their way amid the wonderful ...

DerdriuMarriner, 14 days ago

A Quiet Corner of Ireland

The introductory section advises us that "On a sunny day off from theological college I would pack a haversack with some food and set off for a quiet walk to Lough Allen. It is my memories of this area that I want to share with readers." Is it ...

DerdriuMarriner, 14 days ago

In the new national forest

Thanks for telling me this information

frankbeswick, 15 days ago

Black Ivory Coffee and Elephants (Elephas maximus indicus) at Chiang Saen in Northern Thailand

For those interested in the Bloomberg review, that information, with impressive images, is issued as Jan. 30, 2017 on Bloomberg Media Distribution (https://www.bloomberg.com/distribution/blog/2017-01-30/worlds-priciest-coffee-hand-picked ...

DerdriuMarriner, 16 days ago

Black Ivory Coffee and Elephants (Elephas maximus indicus) at Chiang Saen in Northern Thailand

The Facebook page -- https://www.facebook.com/goatandtable/posts/remember-when-we-posted-about-black-ivory-coffee-over-a-year-ago-well-today-bloo/1207894589324734/ -- for Goat & Table January 2017 identifies the Bloomberg site as including a ...

DerdriuMarriner, 16 days ago

Black Ivory Coffee and Elephants (Elephas maximus indicus) at Chiang Saen in Northern Thailand

For those interested in the review that Black Ivory Coffee inspired from Goat & Table the Facebook date for that buyer's guide is January 2016.

DerdriuMarriner, 16 days ago

Rapunzel: the legend, the fairy tale, the truth

My observation and my question below are related to Rapunzel in that they apply to heights -- albeit natural landscape, not built towers -- even as they are not related in that they approach your comment to Veronica's wizzley on Brabyns Park, ...

DerdriuMarriner, 16 days ago