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The Welsh Marches
I associate William the Marshal with a survivalist personality that ends up keeping his niche no matter who is in power even as it didn't secure daughter Isabel a happy marriage with Richard, less powerful as son of King John and Queen Isabella, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/13/2023
Was Tirumala Tirupati Balaji Temple a Buddhist Shrine?
Dear DerdriuMarriner - For widowers, there is no custom of tonsure - none at all. They would happily remarry contrary to widows who had to remain shaved as a woman who was not deemed fit to remarry. Widowhood was considered inauspicious, barring ...
WriterArtist, on 06/13/2023
The Great Wave of Kanagawa from Japanese Artist Hokusai
The computer crashing kept me from adding another impression to my comment below yesterday.
Isn't it interesting that blue, brown, green and white are special colors and that they alone dominate The Great Wave of Kanagawa?
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/13/2023
Lighthouses of Ireland: Sentinels of the Sea Documentary
The Lighthouses of Ireland is one of my favorites as film and as DVD.
Some parts of Iceland actually look a bit like the Emerald Isle. I read everything that I can about and by Icelandic author Ragnar Jonasson, who sets some of his mysteries in ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/13/2023
Saiga Antelope: Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
There is a need to conserve many species endangered by human invasion. More forest reserves might be required for Saiga antelopes. They look a bit different from the deer with their elongated face. All said and done, they are beautiful and look ...
WriterArtist, on 06/13/2023
Rooted in Design by Tara Heibel, Tassy de Give: Sprout Home’s Creative Indoor Planting Guide
Thank you for stopping by, WriterArtist!
Me too, I find that outdoor sentient plants do better in sunshine than indoor sentient plants do with reflected light.
You identify many of your houseplants as shade plants. Me too, that's something ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/13/2023
The Water Diviner by Debut Director Russell Crowe: Gallipoli’s Traumas
An ordeal for a grieving father Russel Crowe, he is at his best from what I can see from the trailer of "The Water Diviner". I am glad that with all the tragic events he had to undergo there is a satisfying ending.
WriterArtist, on 06/13/2023
Lighthouses of Ireland: Sentinels of the Sea Documentary
I have not seen many lighthouses in the places I have traveled. Perhaps, a travel to Ireland is needed to admire the coastlines and the lighthouses. To travel in this country is in my bucket of list.
WriterArtist, on 06/13/2023
Rooted in Design by Tara Heibel, Tassy de Give: Sprout Home’s Creative Indoor Planting Guide
I have tried planting indoors. I found that they do better in sunshine. Most of my plants were shade plants. Growth is not so remarkable compared to outdoors. They also got easily infected by mealybugs possibly due to increased humidity. I am ...
WriterArtist, on 06/13/2023
Was Tirumala Tirupati Balaji Temple a Buddhist Shrine?
Yes, I believe in the existence of very old Buddhist shrines because of knowing about Ajanta, Ellora and Sanchi tolerance of Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism through my sister Stessily's graduate program about, publications on and travel ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/13/2023
How to spot a spammer
The first paragraph to your second subheading, Short and boring looking posts, explains that "While spammers in the beginning of 21st century rarely used more than 80 or 150 words per post, they are now more inclined to 500, 800 or even 1000 ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/12/2023
Best Free Blog Sites - Top 10 Blog Websites
The fourth paragraph under your subheading What do you need to make my top 10? considers that "Free blogging services on my lists are in general meant to inform, make some connections (optionally) with similar minded people, but not for ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/12/2023
Blick Mead: Stonehenge's sacred spring
Happen to Stonehenge! Never! Not even to part of it. If this cultural atrocity were to happen, the stones would be stored, but this would not suffice as the stones are integral to a sacred landscape. However, we must be wary that we are dealing ...
frankbeswick, on 06/12/2023
Blick Mead: Stonehenge's sacred spring
Online news on this western-pond side emphasizes the removal of Carnac stones in coastal south Brittany in northwestern France for a popular home improvement store.
Would such a removal ever happen to part of Stonehenge?
If so, what would be ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/12/2023
On-page SEO list: 10 things to do to boost your rankings
The third sentence to your seventh fact, Be interactive, considers that "An addition of elements like we can use at Wizzley (polls, duels, and especially comments) is a very important step in this direction."
What is a duel?
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/12/2023