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English Hedges
No, but blue and green eyes were rare among Middle Eastern folk. But no one saw fit to make records of such matters. Mary's are depicted as blue, in the west, but Indian Christians depict her as Indian with Brown skin and dark eyes. Most people ...
frankbeswick, 2 days ago
Does God Speak?
No specific details are known about the end. My attitude is that I do not know when the end will come, but as I am 73 if it does not come in the next few years I will not be here. So why be too bothered about it.
frankbeswick, 2 days ago
Late Winter in the Garden
Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question.
It's a bit surprising to me that Australia is not among the mineral content-depleted soil list that includes America and Europe.
Is Australia not as ...
DerdriuMarriner, 2 days ago
Key Ideas in Catholicism
There's a blood drive from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. this coming Saturday.
That blood drive always has a refreshment area where volunteer blood-giving gets thanked with a nice drink and some nice snacks before leaving.
There should be a nice ...
DerdriuMarriner, 2 days ago
English Identities
Thank you!
Ireland attracted Norse speakers such that my maternal Norse line appears in every county of all Ireland.
That representation causes me to consider Scandinavian influences as strong in Ireland also.
Might Scandinavian influences be ...
DerdriuMarriner, 2 days ago
English Hedges
The Catholic Faith Store online advises us to "Get out and pray: how to create a prayer garden."
For Mary-dedicated prayer gardens, the aforementioned site considers:
Lilies, for Mary's grace and purity;
Roses, for Mary's heavenly ...
DerdriuMarriner, 2 days ago
Belfast; HMS Caroline
The in-text images of onboard drink and food cause me to consider officer and sailor fare.
Did the captain and his officers drink the same drinks and eat the same foods as their sailors? Or was it one menu for captain and officers and another ...
DerdriuMarriner, 2 days ago
Does God Speak?
Your comment below about natural events as harmful or as helpful caused me to consider world ends.
A comment elsewhere, again in answer to previous observations and questions of mine, designates from Christian tradition fire as world ...
DerdriuMarriner, 2 days ago
Christian Hermits
To return at the appointed time is in the temptations of Christ in Luke's Gospel. Yes I'll be back is apt. Did you see the temptations of Christ in this story?
frankbeswick, 2 days ago
Irish myths and legends ( 1 ) - The Giant's Causeway
The last entry to the second subheading, Irish mythical creatures, advises us of "Fear Dearg - a mischievous spirit like a leprechaun but dressed all in red."
Can the other mythical creatures be color-coded in terms of signature dress?
DerdriuMarriner, 2 days ago
Can You be Rational and Religious?
In the collapse of Roman Europe many, most in fact, documents were lost, and Aristotle'-s works were among those lost.
frankbeswick, 2 days ago
An Island Castle
Orkney and Shetland were only joined to Scotland innthe fifteenth century. They havevavstrong identity of their own,
frankbeswick, 2 days ago
Irish Myths and Legends ( 2 ) - The Children of Lir
Reading your wizzley again caused me to consider that Ireland configures as Northern and as Republic.
Did swans lose royal-property protection with Irish independence outside Northern Ireland or did that protection transfer to someone or ...
DerdriuMarriner, 2 days ago
Christian Hermits
Thank you for Genius loci.
The aforementioned short story is compelling even as it invokes the scariness of being on one's own away from all worldly help in times of other-worldy and worldly troubles and the unsettling presence of a walker with ...
DerdriuMarriner, 2 days ago
Can You be Rational and Religious?
Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous, same-day observation and question.
Your comment April 3, 2023, that "The Greek influence came not from Pharaonic Egypt but much later from the Byzantine Greek culture of the Eastern ...
DerdriuMarriner, 2 days ago