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Walsingham: England's Marian shrine
Your second subheading, Restoration, focuses upon someone with an unexpected -- for me -- first name.
Is Hope common as a male first-name? On this, western-pond side I know of it as a feminine first-name!
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/20/2023
Winter Walking
The second sentence in the second paragraph to your first subheading, The bones of the land, considers that "My mind roams back over the years to a January day in Cumbria, in years when that lovely country was not beset by floods that wreck ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/20/2023
Interesting, unknown and fun facts about The Little Mermaid
The third fact, about changing a love story into something religious and spiritual, causes me to consider why Andersen decided upon that change.
Is it possible that in a politically, religiously, socio-economically, spiritually charged and ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/20/2023
Oscar Wilde's Women
The third woman important to Oscar Wilde bore his gold cross, described as prefatory to official engagement.
It confuses me about Florence Balcombe seeing Bram Stoker even as neither one ensured voluntarily that Oscar Wilde got his cross back, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/20/2023
Best Free Blog Sites - Top 10 Blog Websites
The number 2 spot goes to Blogspot!
The Blogspot paragraph connects it to "fewer options" than Wordpress. Might Wordpress monetarize more if it trimmed away some options? Might Wordpress occupy first place if it offered Wordpress-like options?
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/20/2023
How to Submit Your Website to Google and Other Search Engines
The second possibility, Use social media sites, begins with the caution that "Each social media site like Google Plus, Twitter, Pinterest or Facebook has its own rules about internal indexing and some of these prevent bots of search engines from ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/20/2023
Undine from Fairy Tale to Star Trek
The fourth fact, about right place and time, brings up the defeats and the victories, the optimism and the pessimism that French- and German-fought battles caused.
How might Undine have fared had her story been written during the Black Plague?
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/20/2023
10 Symbols in Goose Girl
The third symbol, about drops of blood, considers the blood-pricked finger of Snow White's mother.
The fairy tale declares that the Queen desires a child with cheeks as red as the fallen blood.
The paragraph above the afore-mentioned one finds ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/20/2023
Hop o' My Thumb: 10 facts to know
The Popularity fact bearing the near-forgotten Riquet with the Tuft causes me to consider why it comes to near-oblivion.
Online sources describe the plot as an ugly prince giving a beautiful, unintelligent princess, whom he loves most of all ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/20/2023
Make Your Printable Advent Calendar
It depends upon the giver as to whether I favor bought or personal gifts.
Some givers do not choose appropriately: the gift does appeal to some, just not the particular giftee. In such a case, I favor getting a check that enables me to do what ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/20/2023
As Winter Comes
Thank you!
Apples, grapes and pears all are so attractive and so delicious and so healthy.
The main item on any fruit and vegetable list that I don't consume in any, in edible or potable, in liquid or solid forms are bananas ;-{ Ick! Ugh!
DerdriuMarriner, on 11/20/2023
Walsingham: England's Marian shrine
No. They came from all parts of the country.
frankbeswick, on 11/19/2023
As Winter Comes
Apples, pears, bananas and grapes
frankbeswick, on 11/19/2023
Easter Crafts for Preschoolers
It depends on each individual, really. Some will become bored at ten, other will enjoy till their late teen age.
mihgasper, on 11/19/2023
Easter Crafts for Preschoolers
Sorr, I am not familiar with such a recipe. We eat chestnuts mostly just roasted and rarely use them in sweets. Italy and France probably use them much more.
mihgasper, on 11/19/2023