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Tree Stories: a Review
The second sentence in the first paragraph to your first subheading, Roots of an Obsession, considers the influence of the paper-product comic books on the evolving professional choices of author Stefan Mancuso.
Did the author ever perpetuate ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/15/2023
An insect friendly garden
It's good news that my doing nothing apart trying to breathe calmly and stand still worked.
In a somewhat related, somewhat unrelated direction, what would you expect your eastern-ponder siders to do if downwind or upwind of any bear?
How ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/15/2023
A Tree Sacred and Deadly
The second paragraph to your first subheading, A Magical Plant, counts 9 yew trees on the County Mayo coat of arms.
Was it perhaps a recognition of yew trees with Druid immortality that would have accounted for the crest honors? Or was there ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/15/2023
Snow White and Rose Red: Analysis
Your second sentence explains that Rose Red and Snow White "was very popular at the beginning of the 20th century but now it's almost forgotten."
Is the initial popularity linked to an event or to a possible fact that something identified as a ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/15/2023
How to earn money with writing fairy tales for kids?
It astounds me how many fairy tales are extant in so many countries at so many times.
Does the fairy tale a day arrangement in your country assemble a story and an analysis or provenance?
Is The Boy Who Carried a Letter to the Kingdom of the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/15/2023
George Cruikshank
Thank you, DerdriuMarriner, for your valuable inputs.
Tolovaj, on 05/14/2023
George Cruikshank
DerdriuMarriner, unfortunately, it's, very hard to find decent data about George's mother and sister. I'm sure they were affected at least as relatives, living under the same roof.
Tolovaj, on 05/14/2023
George Cruikshank
Thank you, Veronica, for your comment. Always appreciated:)
Tolovaj, on 05/14/2023
George Cruikshank
Hi, frankbeswick, thanks for stopping by. As I understand there are several different diseases called palsy. There's shaking palsy (Parkinson's) and cerebral palsy, both not necessarily related to the palsy George Cruikshank suffered from. I ...
Tolovaj, on 05/14/2023
An insect friendly garden
The bees may have been bumble bees, which are not aggressive. But for bees in general the safest option is to keep your distance and do not become agitated.
frankbeswick, on 05/14/2023
A Tree Sacred and Deadly
Quercus robust, the English oak. It grows over most of the British Isles.
frankbeswick, on 05/14/2023
An insect friendly garden
Thursday the first fireflies appeared in the back, west yard. It looked like three fireflies in the female, ground-hugging position and four in male, more aerial locations. It made me happy to see them since typically they maintain last-week ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/13/2023
An insect friendly garden
Thursday the first fireflies appeared in the back, west yard. It looked like three fireflies in the female, ground-hugging position and four in male, more aerial locations. It made me happy to see them since typically they maintain last-week ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/13/2023
A Tree Sacred and Deadly
Thank you!
Your comment below indicates that two oak species natively inhabit the British isles.
What is the other native species, and which parts of the British isles would it claim as native homelands?
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/13/2023
Facing Chronic Illness in a Christian Way
Brilliant news.
frankbeswick, on 05/13/2023