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A Nice Cup of Tea
Elderberry helps the respiratory tract! This is useful advice during the pandemic.
frankbeswick, on 10/25/2020
A Visit to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens
The focus of the Japanese garden was on the trees, with small signs having their names, and the walk through them on well cared for paths. Water features also are important.
Every garden is different, so it is generally worth visiting them.
blackspanielgallery, on 10/25/2020
My Garden World: a Review
Several years ago I bought Around the World in 80 Gardens, a set of 4 DVDs written and presented by Monty Don. I hadn't seen him on TV and was struck by how congenial and pleasant he could be as a presenter and guide to those gardens. I will ...
Mira, on 10/25/2020
A Nice Cup of Tea
I enjoyed this article. I didn't know that I have to consume green tea within one year. I'll have to be more careful in the future with this. These days I'm drinking a lot of yerba mate, although inspired by your article I read more about it ...
Mira, on 10/25/2020
A Visit to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens
It looks like a well-tended garden. We have a large botanical garden here in Bucharest as well but half of it is a field with weeds, which is a shame. But I like certain weeds too myself and walking around the perimeter has been interesting. I ...
Mira, on 10/25/2020
Surviving Online Education
Yes, for learning they are ideal. Having taught online eliminating cheating when a grade must be given is difficult, but the resources available to handle that are so much better now. Students can be videoed taking tests and reviewed later.
blackspanielgallery, on 10/24/2020
Surviving Online Education
Yes I did . I always tell my learners to look at books first . Any unknowledgable person can put a page online . A book however is more likely to be well researched and accurate.
My point is that online courses have been excellent during ...
Veronica, on 10/24/2020
Surviving Online Education
Did you see the real point, there will always be a need for books in print?
blackspanielgallery, on 10/24/2020
Surviving Online Education
I have lost count of how many. Lockdown has been a good opportunity to study. I hope fo finish my latest course on Unuversal suffrafe, this weekend.
Yes , as a teacher i know the importance of " bouncing ideas " off fellow students.
Veronica, on 10/24/2020
Surviving Online Education
Yes, that is one selling point for online courses, but it eliminates presenting to the entire class all at once. What benefits one hinders another, but that is how so many things are, even things not associated with classes.
blackspanielgallery, on 10/24/2020
Surviving Online Education
Great post. Ty
I have done several online courses since March and thdeyhave all been excellent. YOur point about attending classes at a convenient gtime is a good one. This alone makes them all the more attractive for me.
Veronica, on 10/24/2020
My Garden World: a Review
Most was seen from the garden. The garden was the focus from which nature was observed, and it maintains the gardening theme that runs through Monty's books.
frankbeswick, on 10/23/2020
My Garden World: a Review
Much of what you reference could be observed from garden, but just as easily from woodland, such as wild animals, birds, and different wood yielded from different trees. It seems as much a nature book in many ways, which is also interesting. ...
blackspanielgallery, on 10/23/2020
Funny T-Shirts and Mugs for the First Year of the Covid Era
Thank you, BSG! :)
Mira, on 10/23/2020
Funny T-Shirts and Mugs for the First Year of the Covid Era
Humor is a necessity of life. It helps the person who is providing it and the person receiving it. In this case the person who buys from you benefits from finding it, and again by sharing it.
Happy you found the idea.
blackspanielgallery, on 10/23/2020