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Our Own Dear John Ronald: Voices

By Anne on March 30, 2020March 28, 2020

How will you measure up?

Posted in: Alan Lee, Art, entertainment, Faith, judgment, Leaf by Niggle, Literature, Tales from a Perilous Realm, Tolkien

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Classical Sunday: Dowland’s Lute Works

By Anne on March 29, 2020March 27, 2020

Dowland’s genius had a pervasive influence on the music of English and continental lutenists in the early seventeenth century.

Posted in: 16th century composers, 17th century composers, Classical Music, English composers, entertainment, John Dowland, Lute, Music, Paul O'Dette, Renaissance, Renaissance music

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Sourdough Starter and Sourdough Bread Recipe

By Anne on March 28, 2020March 30, 2020

This is a somewhat minimalist approach to making a sourdough starter: Nothing else needed but flour, water, and time. Scroll down to find the bread recipe if you already have a starter going.

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Remembering Our Ancestors: Anthony Needham I

By Anne on March 27, 2020March 26, 2020

Our 11th (and 12th) great-grandfather Anthony Needham I passed on this week 373 years ago.

Posted in: 17th century early settlement, 17th century England, entertainment, Family, Family History, Genealogy, Needham family, Peak District

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Fluffballs: The Persian Longhair

By The Chihuahua Friend on March 25, 2020March 23, 2020

Persian Longhairs are true lounge lizards!

Posted in: 19th century painters, animals, Art, Carl Kahler, cats, entertainment, Persian Longhair, pets, Turkish Angora

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Poesie: Wordsworth’s Daffodils

By Anne on March 24, 2020March 22, 2020

Cherish your memories.

Posted in: 18th century poets, 19th century poets, British poets, daffodils, entertainment, Family, photography, William Wordsworth

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Classical Sunday: Fauré’s Requiem

By Anne on March 22, 2020March 16, 2020

This is a first on our site: a female conductor!

Posted in: 19th century composers, 20th century composers, entertainment, French composers, Gabriel Fauré, Laurence Equilbey, Music, Requiem

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Cultured Wednesday: Eckersberg’s Fra Romsdalen

By Anne on March 18, 2020March 17, 2020

What a beautiful valley, what a beautiful painting.

Posted in: 19th century painters, Art, entertainment, Johan Eckersberg, Norwegian landscape painter, Norwegian painter, Norwegian Realism, Norwegian Romanticism, Romsdalen

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Elephant Stew

By Anne on March 14, 2020March 13, 2020

Leave it to the Amish…

Posted in: Dinner, dinner recipe, elephant, entertainment, Humor, rabbit, recipes, recipes for crowds, roadkill recipes, savory dinner, stew

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Herbal Household Remedies: Home

By Anne on March 12, 2020March 11, 2020

Home is where the heart is.

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