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An insect friendly garden
Thank you for the quote!
It came to mind the other day. Now I have the author name and the Himalayan peasant context.
Is it true though? The other day blue jays and cardinals moved more or less cooperatively in close quarters, with the former ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/17/2023
Snow White and Rose Red: Analysis
Your article and internet sources accept the presence of a widowed mother.
Is there any information anywhere as to what happens to the mother?
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/16/2023
An insect friendly garden
Good question. I suppose that backing backwards for some distance allows for safety..I am unlikely to meet a wild bear, so I cannot say much more than this.
frankbeswick, on 05/16/2023
An insect friendly garden
Your comment about there being no wild bears on your, eastern-pond side self-describes as "I would walk away calmly." Below you further self-describe as "I would give a bear a wide berth."
Would either one of them involve your turning your back ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/16/2023
A Tree Sacred and Deadly
The natural state of the British Isles is mostly forest, so a fertile land such as Ireland would have been naturally afforested. Often bogs evolve into Carr, when they dry, so some of this woodland would have been scrub. But there would have ...
frankbeswick, on 05/16/2023
A Tree Sacred and Deadly
I would describe Mayo as a county that sits proudly on the western edge of
Europe, proudly holding memories of Ireland's past.
frankbeswick, on 05/16/2023
An insect friendly garden
Kipling once wrote, When the Himalayan peasant meets the he bear in his pride
He shouts to scare the monster and brushes it aside
The female thus accosted tends the peasant tooth and nail
For the female of the species is more deadly than the ...
frankbeswick, on 05/16/2023
How to earn money with writing fairy tales for kids?
Thank you!
If you ever can make the time out of your busy schedule to write about those fairy tales that do have main characters spend time in the world of the dead, that is something that really interests me.
(Kadare indicated very clearly, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/16/2023
Snow White and Rose Red: Analysis
Well, DerdriuMarriner, I believe there are several practical reasons (apart from the analyzed ones): this fairy tale was pretty attractive for illustrating in the times of first picture books, the role of women in society was very different, ...
Tolovaj, on 05/16/2023
How to earn money with writing fairy tales for kids?
Hi, DerdriuMarriner. My country celebrates April, 2nd (Andersen's birthday) with several happenings, mostly related to schools, but it's focus mostly on the promotion of reading, not fairy tales. I am not familiar with the fairy tale you ...
Tolovaj, on 05/16/2023
An insect friendly garden
Thank you!
Some people on this, western-pond side say that one should show themselves to be bigger and noisier than a wild bear by moving back and forth, side to side, to suggest great size. They say that one should make lots of noises to stun ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/16/2023
A Tree Sacred and Deadly
My collateral ancestress, great aunt Arabella Tear Sharpe, came from County Mayo. She never forgot her native culture, history and language even as she gained additional respect in the new homeland for her fine English accent and English-culture ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/16/2023
Tree Stories: a Review
He did not write a comic book as far as I know. I have no taste for graphic novels, so I cannot say.
frankbeswick, on 05/16/2023
An insect friendly garden
There are no wild bears in the British Isles, so I have no experience.to answer this question. I would walk away calmly.
frankbeswick, on 05/16/2023
A Tree Sacred and Deadly
The nine yews represent the nine baronies of Mayo in Norman times. The yew trees are a memory of what Mayo used to be in he past.
frankbeswick, on 05/16/2023