Latest comments

How to Get More Reviews for Your Book: Why Authors Love Pubby

teddletonmr, My pleasure. I've read your book, and it's good. Regardless of how good the quality of a book is, in the sea of authors, it takes some marketing effort to get your book seen. I know all too well what you mean. Best of luck. Pubby is ...

katiem2, 2 days ago

How to Get More Reviews for Your Book: Why Authors Love Pubby

Yes, I do struggle with getting my book review: Coping with Vision Loss, https://amzn.to/41Hv0ur. Thanks for the helpful information, Katie.

teddletonmr, 3 days ago

Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food

September 2025 I found this County Mayo Apple cake and I cooked it for the church BBQ. It was delicious and every piece was eaten. Frank you will like this.

Veronica, 6 days ago

Kopi Luwak: Costliest and Cruelest But Also Most Cherished and Conservational Coffee in the World

Not all civet coffee in Vietnam traces to caged civets. The "Weasel Coffee" product page on Trung Nguyên Coffee website notes the collection of the niche producer's raw civet coffee "entirely from nature," as dropping left on forest floors by ...

DerdriuMarriner, 8 days ago

Monkey Parchment Coffee: Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta) and South Indian Plantations in Chikmagalur

In 2025, the Setty family business marked Panduranga Coffee brand's 87th year. Panduranga Coffee is involved in all aspects of the niche producer's coffees: "growing, manufacturing, transporting and selling the products to the consumer," ...

DerdriuMarriner, 8 days ago

Monkey Parchment Coffee: Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta) and South Indian Plantations in Chikmagalur

Panduranga Coffee was founded in 1938 by Sri Papanna Setty, according to the "About Us" page of the premium coffee roasters' website (https://www.pandurangacoffee.com/pages/about-us).

DerdriuMarriner, 10 days ago

Monkey Parchment Coffee: Biodynamic Methods and Cosmic Cycles on Indian Organic Farms With Civets

The land of Balmaadi (Anglicized: Balmades) Estates merges with a shola forest, according to the "About Us" page of the niche producer's website (https://www.balmaadi.com/about-us/). The forests that characterize the upper reaches of the ...

DerdriuMarriner, 10 days ago

Cassie Liversidge’s Homegrown Tea Planting, Harvesting, Blending Guide

For those wondering about chicory, which appears as the third from last image in the text of this post: Chicory (Chicorium intybus) delights not only as a coffee substitute but also as an herbal tea. Chicory combines well with other tisane ...

DerdriuMarriner, 14 days ago

Trung Nguyen Gourmet Fox and Weasel Coffees: Asian Civets, Vietnamese Beans, and World Markets

The Weasel Coffee product page on Trung Nguyên Coffee website notes the naturalness and the safety of the brand's civet coffee (https://trungnguyencoffeevn.com/product/ca-phe-chon-weasel-250-gram/). The process of "making" Weasel Coffee entails ...

DerdriuMarriner, 14 days ago

Monkey Parchment Coffee: Formosan Rock Macaques (Macaca cyclopis) and Specialty Brews From Taiwan

For those wondering about the fifth image in the text of the this post: The depiction of the Formosan rock monkey as Macacus Cyclopis was made by German natural history artist Joseph Wolf (Jan. 22, 1820-April 20, 1899). The illustration ...

DerdriuMarriner, 14 days ago

Monkey Parchment Coffee: Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta) and South Indian Plantations in Chikmagalur

For those asking about Panduranga Coffee Works in Chikmagalur: Panduranga Coffee Works operates as the retail store for Panduranga Coffee brand. The store is located on MG Road, near the intersection with Shetty Street, in ...

DerdriuMarriner, 14 days ago

Jacu Bird Coffee From Brazil: Biodynamic Agriculture, Cosmic Cycles, and Organic Farming

For those wondering about the illustration of Penelope obscura that appears as the first image in the text of this post: Dark guan (Penelope obscura), also known as dusky-legged guan, was depicted by Henrik Grønvold (Sep. 6, 1858-March 23, ...

DerdriuMarriner, 14 days ago

Coin Features British History and Lore

I believe it is allowed. Generally, the sitting monarch is alone on one side of a coin, but there may be exceptions. In Canada there are with historical tribute to the penny. Some have the monarch who was on pennies when a design was in use. ...

blackspanielgallery, 15 days ago

Coin Features British History and Lore

It's interesting that the afore-wizzleyed coin invokes Queens Elizabeth II and Victoria even as the poem The faerie queen is for Queen Elizabeth I. Is there a protocol about not including two monarchs on a coin side? Otherwise, Queen Elizabeth ...

DerdriuMarriner, 15 days ago

Birthday Party for an Adult

Your comment four boxes below, on July 17, 2021, particularly catches my attention every time I re-visit this wizzley. The afore-mentioned comment is helpful, informative and interesting, the latter particularly because of the number of ...

DerdriuMarriner, 17 days ago