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Sarn Helen. Through Wales on foot
Pre-electronic times compelled sketching or writing materials for in-the-moment, on-site remembrances.
Electronic times do not eliminate doing likewise audio-, digital-, virtual-, visual-ly even as they perhaps eliminate no above-mentioned ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/03/2024
Supernatural Episode Review: “Hibbing 911”
Your score and your summary that suggested such a score invite investigating this episode if not the entire series.
The indication of ecology- and efficiency-conscious vampires as perpetrators is quite interesting.
Vampires might not mix with ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/03/2024
Irish Halloween ( Samhain ) traditions
Thank you for your comments below, on May 4, 2024, in answer to my previous comments and questions.
The May 19 Pentecost meal that I described three comment boxes down did take place as such a crowd-pleaser, thanks to your recipes.
But do you ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/03/2024
Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
Thank you for the Bram Brack recipe.
That recipe includes a dried-fruit mix, which involved apricots, cranberries and raisins in my realization five months ago..
What dried fruits might east-ponders (= British Isles-ers ;-D) generally, you and ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/03/2024
Are Hawaiian Huakai Po Nightmarchers Avenging Halloween Thursday?
Veronica, Thank you for stopping by and visiting non-scary umbilical-cord rituals.
Me too, I find those rituals interesting even as umbilical cords flourish with so many nutrients. Might they find favor among invertebrate decomposers that ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/03/2024
Are Hawaiian Huakai Po Nightmarchers Avenging Halloween Thursday?
Frank, I only know about European-fairy marches through William Shakespeare's and Felix Mendelssohn's (Feb. 3, 1809-Nov. 4, 1847) A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Your introducing fairy marches interests me even as October is a month of the fairy ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/03/2024
Are Hawaiian Huakai Po Nightmarchers Avenging Halloween Thursday?
Thank you for posting this. You have given us westerly Europeans an insight into something completely unknown to us.
I am particularly interested in the umbilical chord rituals.
A fascinating piece of folk culture from thousands of miles away
Veronica, on 10/03/2024
Are Hawaiian Huakai Po Nightmarchers Avenging Halloween Thursday?
Thank you for your positive comment and prescient questions.
The visual phenomena appears to be alternating rows of men and women, in battle dress but with chiefs, family-god symbols and priests -- and sometimes with such gods as Kane the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/03/2024
Are Hawaiian Huakai Po Nightmarchers Avenging Halloween Thursday?
An interesting article, Derdriu. What visual phenomena have been seen? Is there any affinity to the tradition of fairy marches in parts of Europe?
frankbeswick, on 10/03/2024
How to Dry and Preserve Chilies for Later Use
The second subheading, Drying chilies in the oven, mentions moving stem and perhaps seeds from a grease-proof lined baking tray.
Might there be something culinary, something horticultural for seeds and stems that otherwise might be mixed with ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/02/2024
The Razorbilled Bird; Alca Torda Torda and Alca Torda Islandica, Facts and Pictures
Razorbill seabirds are known to me from my Iceland days.
Have you seen razorbill parents with their one fledgling on the latter's first flight?
It's so impressive the rapport between the trio and between them and other parents and young 'uns ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/02/2024
Saint Patrick's Day Gifts~ Irish Themed Wall Clocks
The four wall-clock product lines appeal me.
But my clicking their links gave me a "phishing" warning message all four times.
Is that "phishing" possibility removable?
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/02/2024
Sarn Helen. Through Wales on foot
It depends on the walkers and their needs and preferences. So there is no set of statistics which I could use to answer your question. Sorry.
frankbeswick, on 10/02/2024
Weddings in Italy: A Mystical Land of Romance, Art, History and Culture
North-central, northern and Slovenia-affected north-northeast Italy are among my favorite areas in my favorite Italy ;-D!
Pisa, Siena and Trieste patricularly attract me. Have you been there?
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/02/2024
Sarn Helen. Through Wales on foot
Unitedstatesian walked routes -- such as the Appalachian Trail -- can be solitary, groupy, couple-y, with the latter perhaps the popularest.
Does there seem to be an eastern-pond trend toward walking routes such as this in solitary, group or ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/02/2024