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New Orleans Streetcars
They seem to be very popular with tourists. Having grown up with them it is common to see them.
blackspanielgallery, on 03/10/2019
Relaxing with Song Birds Beats and Mimicry
I suffer here in Bucharest because I don't hear much sound of songbirds. We have lots of sparrows, seagulls, and pigeons, and little else. Nice article! I see now why the nightingale is so prized in folk culture. I also didn't know about those ...
Mira, on 03/10/2019
New Orleans Streetcars
These streetcars are so beautiful! We have trams and trolleys in Bucharest too. Riding on trams is quite relaxing as they have many cars and they give a sense of space, given that they are never crowded.
Mira, on 03/10/2019
25 Creative Get Well Gift Ideas for Coworkers
That's a fun story, Derdriu. Thank you for visiting. Glad you like those products :) I think we should give each other presents way more than we do.
Mira, on 03/10/2019
Thinking About Slavery
They were free, but many had to pay their own way home,which they could not afford, so they stayed. One such as Henry Morgan became a successful privateer and was eventually made governor of Jamaica.There are adverts for Captain Morgan rum with ...
frankbeswick, on 03/09/2019
Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary: a review
My first encounter with this issue was when a priest said that the word for brothers in the gospel text was phratres,which can be taken as cousins.When I checked my Greek New Testament I found that he spoke falsely,for the word was adelphoi, ...
frankbeswick, on 03/09/2019
Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary: a review
Jennifer, you are exactly and completely right.
frankbeswick, on 03/09/2019
25 Creative Get Well Gift Ideas for Coworkers
Mira, Thank you for the product lines. The aquarium blanket, marine tote, painting socks and psychedelic leggings have got to cheer up just about anyone.
In a somewhat related other direction, I remember hearing that a number of years ago the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/09/2019
Thinking About Slavery
frankbeswick, Thank you for the back- and front-stories and product lines. Veronica asked about what happened to indentured servants once their time was up in the colonies. Bacon's Castle in Virginia, about which I've written, memorialized a ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/09/2019
Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary: a review
frankbeswick, Thank you for the backstories and products. Have you come across information to the effect that at the time of Our Lady Mary it was common to refer to first cousins as brothers and sisters?
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/09/2019
Lighthouses of Ireland: Sentinels of the Sea Documentary
frankbeswick, Guido for any Italian and Paddy for anyone from Ireland can be used affectionately and -- unfortunately -- mildly ironically and outright condescendingly on this side of the pond.
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/09/2019
Lighthouses of Ireland: Sentinels of the Sea Documentary
frankbeswick, Thank you for the insights. Is there any interpretation as to why a form of Welsh was spoken in southwest Scotland? That makes me think, in a reverse way, of Fleance in the Shakespearean play Macbeth leaving Scotland to establish ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 03/09/2019
Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary: a review
Enjoyed your review - if I come across the book I will look into it! Very true that a strong personal faith provides a good foundation for writing about such matters, which are matters of faith. Otherwise theology really does just become the ...
jptanabe, on 03/09/2019
Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary: a review
It is good to hear from you again, Mira.
BSB, you are quite right.
frankbeswick, on 03/09/2019
Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary: a review
Nice review. I also like the icon you chose for the article :)
Mira, on 03/09/2019