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Monte Cassino: the battle at a monastery
I am unsure. Most people were known by someone, but not necessarily all.
frankbeswick, on 01/03/2025
A Colorful Journey: Comparing and Contrasting Mexican Folk Art With Polish Folk Art
The third paragraph to the second subheading, The origins and history of Mexican folk art, advises us that "One of the most famous and beloved forms of Mexican folk art is Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) artwork. This tradition, which dates ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/02/2025
Monte Cassino: the battle at a monastery
Thank you for your comment on Jan. 26, 2024, in answer to my previous, same-day observation and question.
Was all identity lost with the bombing or were identities reconstructible for the 200 innocents?
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/02/2025
Coppicing
Thank you for your comment below, on Dec. 20, 2023, in answer to my previous, previous-day observation and question Dec. 19, 2023.
Is there a desired number of shoots to inhabit the stump surface or is it whatever is there is fine as long as it ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/02/2025
Mary of the Gael: St Brigid of Kildare
The second paragraph to the first subheading, The mystery of Brigid, advises us that "In 1993 a new sacred flame was kindled there on the instigation of the Brigitine nuns. Justice at last!"
Is that sacred flame kindled non-stop since 1993?
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/02/2025
The Reforestation of Skiddaw
The last sentence to the first subheading, Introduction to Skiddaw, advises us that "to deviate slightly the name Cumbria is derived from Old Welsh and is related to Cambria, the name for Wales. It derives from the time when Wales stretched ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/02/2025
Easy Truck Unloader
The third tip to the third subheading, A Review and Tips for Unloading a Truck, advises us that "Don't ever unwind the tarp completely, leave at least three cycle turns on the pipe at all times."
Is it easy to track the cycle turns so as not to ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 01/02/2025
Irish Christmas traditions and Christmas foods
Happy New Year 2025
I have added a couple of Irish New Year's traditions to this page.
I am wondering if the red-haired tradition links in with the Vikings.
Veronica, on 01/02/2025
Chester Zoo, Cheshire
If a coin is found, it tends to be kept by the finder and then spent.
Veronica, on 01/02/2025
Religion and the Mountains
United Nations definitions tend to be accepted as binding.
frankbeswick, on 12/31/2024
Are Border Collies Really the Smartest Dog Breed?
Sometime this year I came across an article about a lady coming out of perhaps 20 years of financial, mental, physical, psychological abuse and trauma.
The aforementioned lady credited her slow but steady progress through depression and self ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 12/31/2024
Interstellar: Science Fiction Film Review
Interstellar, as I commented below, conduces to a filmed prequel and to a filmed sequel, if not two or even more.
Is it not interesting to imagine one sequel perhaps interested in what itinerating space invokes and another sequel perhaps ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 12/31/2024
Religion and the Mountains
Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.
The Adventure-dot-com site cites the United Nations Environmental Programme distinction between hills and mountains that "any peak above 8,200 feet (2,500m) is ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 12/31/2024
Beautiful Moroccan Mirrors and Sconces Which Add an Ethnic Flavour to Any Room
Your article on Principles of Moroccan interior design; how to transform your living space into an exotic retreat contains among its comment boxes your observation Oct. 2, 2012, that "I visited Marrakech a couple of years ago and fell in love ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 12/31/2024
Support Your Local Pet Rescue Charity
Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.
The computer crashed before I commenced another component to the concern over canines a bit chunky in zoo contexts versus "lean and fit" in their "natural ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 12/31/2024