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Saint Patrick's Day Gifts~ Irish Themed Wall Clocks
Hi DerdriuMarriner,
I'm glad you raised this because I had noticed it on other articles, including my own. I thought it was a glitch because even some Amazon links were showing the phishing alert. I wrote this article many years ago and had ...
HollieT, on 10/05/2024

What is Sorrel? Benefits and Culinary Uses
In the UK with single or double cream. Single cream is like a heavy milk but with a higher fat content than milk. Double cream has a really high fat content, about 50% approx and is much thicker. Used mainly for desserts and sometimes whipped so ...
HollieT, on 10/05/2024

Are Border Collies Really the Smartest Dog Breed?
I think he was just playing, DerdriuMarriner.
It was a sunny January day but the field was really muddy, I think he had just enjoyed rolling in the mud
HollieT, on 10/05/2024

Pakasuchus kapilimai: Tanzania's Extinct Warm-Blooded Cat Crocodile
The last paragraph to the first subheading, Cat crocodiles exhibit mammal-like mouthparts for piecemeal chews, advises us of "diets of insects, primitive mammals, small lizards."
Sometimes my feline sentients appear to play non-fatal games with ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/04/2024

Introducing Northern England
I was thinking about immigrants and how they made our cities grow. Take the example of my area. It has many Irish people, but the Irish here are often from the North West,often County Mayo. This happened because some North Western Irish settled ...
frankbeswick, on 10/04/2024

Are Border Collies Really the Smartest Dog Breed?
Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.
Did the Piebald/Welsh mountain pony get muddy playing or racing or working?
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/04/2024

Sarn Helen. Through Wales on foot
All technological items are limited by their design, which is linked to their designed purpose.
frankbeswick, on 10/04/2024

Clement of Alexandria, a neglected Christian thinker
Sadly none. Many interesting literary works were lost or destroyed in the coĺlapse of the Roman Empire in the West.
frankbeswick, on 10/04/2024

Introducing Northern England
Thank you for your comment below, on Mar 22, 2023, in answer to my previous, same-day observation and question.
Your answer advises us that "when one person came to Manchester, for example, others joined them, and subsequent generations went ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/04/2024

Growing Bay Laurel~ How to care for your Bay tree
The second subheading, Growing bay laurel in containers, advises us that "your bay will still need adequate light so find a well lit position for your plant."
Do you find that direct or reflected or switching between direct and reflected light ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/04/2024

Principles of Moroccan Interior Design; How To Transform Your Living Space into an Exotic Retreat
Moroccan-style tiles and wood catch my attention.
Might there be Moroccan-style techniques for keeping such materials authentic and clean and impactful-looking?
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/04/2024

Macaroni and Cheese Cupcakes Topped With Mashed Potato Frosting
Halloween Thursday is just 27 days away.
Halloween desserts, snacks and treats are particular crowd-pleasers chez moi ("at my place") for their Halloween colors.
The macaroni-and-cheese cupcakes color black or orange or part orange, part black ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/04/2024

Supernatural Episode Review: “Route 666”
Your score and your summary that supports your "A" invite investigating this episode if not the entire series.
The episode title is quite appropriate, don't you think? Is not the Bible-identified inimicalest individual number 666?
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/04/2024

Sarn Helen. Through Wales on foot
Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.
Your answer defers to cell-phone messages and pictures. Does that mean that cell phones and laptop computers work in limited ways or like they do in everyday, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/04/2024

Are Hawaiian Huakai Po Nightmarchers Avenging Halloween Thursday?
Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.
The play Macbeth has as its setting Scotland even as A midsummer night's dream has fairy marchers and marches. So William Shakespeare (Apr 23[?], 1564-Apr 23, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/04/2024