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Lytham, Lancashire - Olde English elegance

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question. The Lowther-Garden clock appears, to my way of thinking, competitive as a tourist-attracting structure competitive with the windmill -- has fishes between each ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 10/09/2024

Famous Witches in Literary History

L. Frank Baum's Oz land began with four witches, of whom those easterly and westerly brought bad. He considered his southern witch -- whom the film version called northern -- goodest of the good, as communicated by her name Glinda the Good. Do ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 10/09/2024

Fennel Salad With Goat's Cheese, Butter or Red Leaf Lettuce, Olives, and Tomatoes

Fennel salads always have crowd-pleasing appearances, scents, tastes and textures, don't they? My fennel salads always have goat's cheese and green beans. Sometimes I have a smaller fennel side-salad with Mozzarella or Parmesan or both for ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 10/09/2024

Clement of Alexandria, a neglected Christian thinker

Possibly, it cannot be ruled out.

frankbeswick, on 10/09/2024

Changes in the Church: the reforms of Pope Francis

Yes, that is what I have in my personal library at home.

frankbeswick, on 10/09/2024

Famous Witches in Literary History

The witch in Rapunzel didn't do anything wrong, at leat in Grimms opinion. She just wanted a child for her veggies. Rapunzel's parents were real bad guys. The witch in Snow Queen tried to keep Gerda in her garden forever, but she lost her. This ...

Tolovaj, on 10/08/2024

Famous Witches in Literary History

I get you, Veronica. Snow Queen is one of the ultimate villains. She is created after real person, though. She was a famous opera singer (the best in the world!) and Andersen was in love with her, but she was in love with - Frederic Chopin. ...

Tolovaj, on 10/08/2024

Lytham, Lancashire - Olde English elegance

Yes indeed . The sails can be dangerous in those Irish Sea winds. They are always repaired and restored as the windmill is a tourist attraction.

Veronica, on 10/08/2024

Lytham, Lancashire - Olde English elegance

The last paragraph to the first subheading, The windmill, Lytham, advises us that "The windmill is now a museum. The sails occasionally blow off in high winds." Does that occasional blowing-away threaten people, structures, wildlife? Might the ...