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Hans Christian Andersen - a few words on his originality

Your articles are very inspiring. Maybe I should consider reading contemporary kids' literature and attempting my own book of fairy tales. I do know, however, how complicated this field is, with complex analyses of various motifs and such. It ...

Mira, on 07/08/2019

England's Nazareth: the shrine at Walsingham

I miss having Mary as a more prominent figure in our Orthodox Church. But we do celebrate her on August 15 (The Dormition of the Mother of God) and September 8 (Mary's Birth). Am reading now about theological disputes about the Assumption, ...

Mira, on 07/08/2019

The 13 Ways to End Autopilot Cycle Rut and Help Personal Development

I should do body scans too. Are you referring to those where you relax different parts of the body? I've tried it but can't really do it. But will try it again.

Mira, on 07/08/2019

Salmon with Tropical Fruit and Mint

Thank you, Derdriu! I remember a time when I ate wild strawberries from the side of a dusty country road. So wonderful! :)

Mira, on 07/08/2019

Walt Disney: when dreams come true

Thanks DerdriuMarriner for your interesting thoughts. It would probably make an interesting book about Walt's genealogy only. You already offered a few great starting points!

Tolovaj, on 07/07/2019

Nissan LEAF®: Confidential Sound Inside Minus Noise Pollution Outside

Talking of silence or lack of it. I spent two years in college in London, and what I hated about the place was the constant traffic noise. Then I moved on to the North West of Ireland, where the silence was punctuated only by wind and rain, ...

frankbeswick, on 07/06/2019

Salmon with Tropical Fruit and Mint

Mira, Although I regularly revisit your articles, I generally leave no comments if already I've left one. But re-reading your lovely recipe this time around made me think of the wonderful bear diet of berries, honey, salmon and water. And you ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 07/06/2019

Walt Disney: when dreams come true

Tolovaj, It's interesting about the number of French and German families that ended up long enough in Ireland to be considered almost part of the woodwork. Genealogical resources online offer the original name from northern France as Isigny. ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 07/06/2019

Nissan LEAF®: Confidential Sound Inside Minus Noise Pollution Outside

Tolovaj, Thank you for the revisit and the insight on silence. That perhaps explains my appreciation for the world in the late night and pre-light hours when company sometimes ranges only to me, fireflies and stars. The composer John Adams says ...

DerdriuMarriner, on 07/05/2019

The 13 Ways to End Autopilot Cycle Rut and Help Personal Development

Mira, Thank you for the revisit. Yes, I do. It's great along with insight meditation body scans.

DerdriuMarriner, on 07/05/2019

"HER PATH OF THORNS" by Eugenia S. Hunt

Thank you, Mira! Jenny is a wonderful person who deserves a happy ending!

SidewalkPhilosopher, on 07/05/2019

The 13 Ways to End Autopilot Cycle Rut and Help Personal Development

I came back to this article and found new useful things in it :) I wish I could do yoga. What about you? Do you do yoga?

Mira, on 07/05/2019

"HER PATH OF THORNS" by Eugenia S. Hunt

Path of thorns, indeed. So good she found Jim and her way eventually!

Mira, on 07/05/2019

Revelation: A Book Worth Studying

Thanks. I would have missed much of the symbolism without the text that accompanied the course.

blackspanielgallery, on 07/02/2019

Revelation: A Book Worth Studying

Apocalypse is the name for a genre of writing that deals in dramatic descriptions of the end times.There is a small apocalypse in Mark's gospel, but Revelations is an apocalypse large and sustained. It is so full of symbolism that it must be ...

frankbeswick, on 07/02/2019