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On the Edge of the Western Ocean
The second paragraph to the first subheading, Rooted in time, advises us that "The poet William Butler Yeats was a native of that area, though unlike my impoverished forebears he was from a wealthy ascendancy family."
What is an "ascendancy" ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/22/2025
Vintage Postcard Artists with 10 Examples of Easter Cards
That first in-text image of the bell-ringing boy (with the double meaning of getting reprimanded) with the two prank-responding girls charms me.
But where do the eggs come from?
May all the eggs hatch like those from which the three chicks ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/22/2025
Socotra Frankincense Tree (Boswellia socotrana): Island of the Phoenix and Its Vulnerable Incense
Socotra wildlife amazes me with its drinkable, edible products.
For example, isn't it interesting and intriguing to imagine a tea time with all things drinkable and edible from Socotra cucumber, dragon's blood, fig and pomegranate trees?
It ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/21/2025
Socotra Pomegranate Tree (Punica protopunica): The Vulnerable Predicament of the "Other Pomegranate"
The drinkable, edible, healthy products from Socotra pomegranate trees amaze me.
It enchants me how other Socotra trees engender such equally entrancing drinkable, edible products.
The island so healthy in its air, soils and waters has ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/21/2025
Film Review of Little Miss Broadway: Shirley Temple Shines in 1938 Musical With George Murphy
This film calls for a prequel, a remake and a sequel in whatever orders configure most charmingly for whoever creates the current counterpart of a Shirley Temple character.
Shirley Temple's character Betsy Brown inspires imagining how, when, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/20/2025
On the Edge of the Western Ocean
Families drift apart over time. But my sister Veronica has an interest in genealogy and family relationships and has done quite a bit of work. But she is a very busy woman, running a business and caring for family duties.
frankbeswick, on 02/20/2025
On the Edge of the Western Ocean
Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.
It's a bit sad that you and your Ireland-inhabiting relatives know nothing about one another.
Is the afore-indicated inhibition an impossible impasse because ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/20/2025
Fun Halloween Games For Kids Party Ideas
Saint Valentine's Day has arrived and is gone.
The bowling game game joined the musical-chairs game for such Valentine jubilance!
Listening to filmed, happy-ending, non-scary love tales led into launching real-life, non-scary, love-story, happy ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/20/2025
Fun Halloween Games For Kids Party Ideas
Saint Valentine's Day has arrived and is gone.
The bowling game game joined the musical-chairs game for such Valentine jubilance!
Listening to filmed, happy-ending, non-scary love tales led into launching real-life, non-scary, love-story, happy ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/20/2025
Ring-Tailed Rock Wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus) of Australian Lands "Down Under"
The computer crashed before I communicated the complete component of my recentest comment, in the box immediately below.
Rock-haunting ring-tailed possum displays, with or without ring-tailed rock wallabies, deserve their own signs of "Caution! ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/20/2025
The Gardens of Venice and the Veneto by Jenny Condie and Alex Ramsay
It's possible for US Army personnel families to live off base in the Veneto region.
US army base, Veneto and Venice gardens with indoor, outdoor non-woody, woody plants interest me.
Mightn't one also mull what off-base US Army personnel in the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/20/2025
Civil Society: an option besides state and private
We have a system whereby if you give a charity donati9n you can claim back any tax y9u have paid on the sum given and donate it to the charity.
frankbeswick, on 02/18/2025
On the Edge of the Western Ocean
The name Thornton came to Ireland when the parliamentary army invaded. A Thornton from that army got land, I believe. It is likely that his tenants took his surname. This has led to a situation in which there are Catholic and Protestant ...
frankbeswick, on 02/18/2025
Civil Society: an option besides state and private
Thank you for your two comments immediately below, on May 3, 2023, in answer to my previous observation and question.
Unitedstatesian charitable organizations can cull quite a hallowed status lucratively and reputationally. Many if not almost ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/18/2025
On the Edge of the Western Ocean
Ragnar Jónasson authored a new book last year, Death at the Sanatorium.
His hero, Helgi, conserves the bookstore-collection and personal library of his book-selling father and grandfather.
Helgi's (and Ragnar Jónasson's) favorite mystery ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/18/2025