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A Forest for the Future
Internet sources appear to represent "the other" Tintern Abbey -- in County Wexford -- as always having been built of stone.
Had it been built first of wood, might that wood have been the same -- since Wikipedia indicates it as likewise founded ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/05/2023
Snow White and Its Symbols
The eighth symbol, Birds, perhaps becomes my favorite because it has to do with nature and because it's so positive about and respectful of nature.
States such as Hawaii and Massachusetts guard such positive associations and even more. For ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/05/2023
A Forest for the Future
Probably a variety of woods. Sessile oak was common in the region around Tintern and this madevsturdy structuresyew might have been used as it is flexible, and beech for furnishings.
frankbeswick, on 08/05/2023
Blake’s 7 Mindset review: Third in the second series of full-cast audio plays from Big Finish
The first subheading, Is Mindset any good?, mentions that "A minor flaw is when Tarrant says they can’t teleport the water back to the planet because you can’t teleport water, but the water had been teleported up to the Liberator in the first ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/04/2023
Blake’s 7 Ghost Ship review: Fourth in the second series of full-cast audio plays from Big Finish
Your first subheading, Is Ghost-ship any good?, considers that "Given how much this episode is Vila only, with some Avon, maybe it would have been better as a Liberator Chronicles story rather than a full-cast audio, as having the rest of the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/04/2023
Blake’s 7 Drones review: Third in the 2014 series of full-cast audio plays from Big Finish
It's reassuring that such a compelling series as Blake's 7 translates so well to audio venues.
Would Drones have fared less, equally, more successfully in a visual venue?
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/04/2023
Blake’s 7: Review of Liberator Chronicles Volume Four
Your fourth subheading, Are they any good?, intriguingly notes that "Jan Chappell too is much better in the role than she was in the second of the Liberator Chronicles series; she has obviously worked at getting her voice closer to what it was ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/04/2023
Blake’s 7: Review of Liberator Chronicles Volume Five
The fifth paragraph to the subheading, Are they any good?, mentions that "that is the problem with this story, it is all a bit predictable and it takes a long time to get to where we all know it is going, even though it is slightly nastier with ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/04/2023
Blake’s 7 Battleground review: Full-cast audio play from Big Finish
The second paragraph to your subheading, Is Battleground any good?, deplores that "On the down side, the idea that the Federation tracker implants can be disabled by smearing mud over them is, while useful for the plot, more than a tad ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/04/2023
Blake’s 7 Fractures review: The first in a new series of full-cast audio plays from Big Finish
It's interesting that an audio equivalent to a visual success appeals well enough to aspire to follow-ups.
How would Fractures fare as a visual adventure?
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/04/2023
Blake’s 7: Review of Liberator Chronicles Volume Seven
The second paragraph to the Disorder play mentions that first-hand dialogue between Roselle and Vila might have been more impactful than its repeat only through Vila's reminisced report.
Who would be an effective choice to play Roselle in the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/04/2023
A Forest for the Future
The computer crashed before I finished my forest-, tree-, wood-related questioning regarding Tintern Abbey.
What might have been the reason for rebuilding? Was it perhaps because of weather wear-and-tear? Would its successor have been built as ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/04/2023
Snow White and Its Symbols
The 8th symbol, Birds, particularly enchants me as a wildlife-loving arborist.
Your description figures ravens with intelligent, prophetic attributes.
Might you have heard of the study Ravens attribute visual access to unseen competitors ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/04/2023
A Forest for the Future
The Bing page image today (Friday, Aug. 4, 2023) is Tintern Abbey.
The accompanying information lists the abbey as a wooden structure rebuilt in stone in 1269.
Might there be any indication, any information anywhere as to what kind of wood the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/04/2023
The Tatton Show 2023
I once tasted somehing that I did not know was moonshine [potin.] Nevera gain. I don't think that they would be allowed genuine moonshine, and the vendors were simply selling strong whiskey.
frankbeswick, on 08/03/2023