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What Makes a Good Writer
I think that not only should writers read for research into the project on which they are working they should be widely read in general to provide them with a good background and to give them general knowledge.
frankbeswick, on 08/06/2018
What Makes a Good Writer
I always do some research before writing. With some key ideas and awareness, I have better control in expressing my views. I agree with you, without nourishing the mind - nothing better can come out. Otherwise it is - 'Garbage in and garbage ...
WriterArtist, on 08/06/2018
Global Warming – Whose Responsibility Is It?
Humans have expedited Global Warming, there is evidence. Perhaps planet earth had a better chance of survival, had this intelligent species not invaded.
WriterArtist, on 08/06/2018
Flowers Gifts for Dad
I am sure men can wore ties with flowers, but you have to know the one who is getting such necktie pretty well. But it's the same with almost every gift, isn't it?
Tolovaj, on 08/05/2018
Liverpool : Calderstones Park
On the subject of spiral/swhirls, they are known in Neolithic tombs such as Newgrange in the Boyne Valley in Ireland. The majestic stone tomb in that valley is about six thousand years old. So spirals represent an enduring religious tradition of ...
frankbeswick, on 08/04/2018
Liverpool : Calderstones Park
Goddess statues for sure. The goddess by the name of Gaia herself is a Greek Goddess
Veronica, on 08/04/2018
Ancestry Can Cause an Interest in History
I looked back to the point where the spelling changed, and both father and son were from the same region, and the ages were appropriate. It appears to be a morphing of spelling. Of course, few people in the 1400-16600 time frame could write, ...
blackspanielgallery, on 08/04/2018
Ancestry Can Cause an Interest in History
Quite correct on spelling inconsistency. Even recently in our family there were variant spellings. My mother spelled her maiden name Stevenson, whereas her brother used Stephenson.
frankbeswick, on 08/04/2018
Ancestry Can Cause an Interest in History
It is more than an assumption, it is an inference based on the fact that some of our father's ancestors came from Limerick, an area settled by Norwegians. Norwegians also settled in the north of Scotland and the Isles,but we have no ancestors ...
frankbeswick, on 08/04/2018
Liverpool : Calderstones Park
Go back to the Palaeolithic and you will find goddess statues, which are known as palaeolithic venuses. The worship of the goddess is very ancient indeed and it is spread across much of the world. She is known under a variety of names.Gaia is ...
frankbeswick, on 08/04/2018
Ancestry Can Cause an Interest in History
Other than knowing that our Scandinavian DNA is Norwegian, we do not know where our Scandinavian DNA is from . It could be settlers in England or Ireland. The comment that our Scandinavian DNA is Limerick based is an assumption and only a ...
Veronica, on 08/04/2018
Liverpool : Calderstones Park
As Gaia was a Greek goddess and the Greek civilisation dates from approx. 800BC, it is probably not representative of her as the stones are Neolithic Briton and therefore circa 3500BC.
The spirals may possibly have been carved on thousands of ...
Veronica, on 08/04/2018
Ancestry Can Cause an Interest in History
I accept you as an authority, but spelling consistency over centuries is always a possibility.
blackspanielgallery, on 08/03/2018
Ancestry Can Cause an Interest in History
The name starts out as Smythe, and changed to Smith in the 1500s. John Smythe used the spelling SMYTHE, and his son Willian used Smith. .
blackspanielgallery, on 08/03/2018
Ancestry Can Cause an Interest in History
Many people think that Smythe is a variant of Smith, but it might derive from the Saxon Smitan,which means to smite [hit] a warrior name.
frankbeswick, on 08/03/2018