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June 27th, 2018  Blackbeard’s Flag If you’re looking for that most refreshing of summertime beverages for sipping out on the back patio or perhaps as a last drink before walking the plank, let me recommend my Blunderbuss Mai Tai. Â I picked up the basics to this recipe over thirty years ago when holed up in a gritty little hotel and bar in Puerto Rico and have worked on perfecting it ever since. Continue reading Blunderbuss Mai Tai Recipe
June 27th, 2018 
RADIO INFORMATION FOR BOATERS
Effective 01 August, 2013, the U. S. Coast Guard terminated its radio guard of the international voice distress, safety and calling frequency 2182 kHz and the international digital selective calling (DSC) distress and safety frequency 2187.5 kHz. Additionally, marine information and weather broadcasts transmitted on 2670 kHz will terminate concurrently. See the safety alert. Note that these frequencies are still available and in use, notwithstanding the Coast Guard’s termination of the radio guard. Please contact us if you have any questions. Continue reading U.S. Coast Guard Radio Information for Boaters
July 1st, 2018  Nutritional traces of silverfishs in a book The beauty of hunting silverfish is that they are not the most clever of creatures in the insect kingdom.
Simply take a small clean glass jar and wrap it in masking tape. Â The masking tape gives the silverfish something to cling on to as they curiously climb to the top of the jar. Â Bait is not required. Â Set the jars upright in the path of known offenders, sit back and wait…OK, perhaps just leaving the jar and coming back in a day or two will do.
 Lepisma Saccharina – Silver Fish – photo by Christian Fischer
June 27th, 2018 
From The How and When, An Authoritative reference reference guide to the origin, use and classification of the world’s choicest vintages and spirits by Hyman Gale and Gerald F. Marco. The Marco name is of a Chicago family that were involved in all aspects of the liquor business and ran Marco’s Bar located at 70 E. Randolph Street and another at 32 S. Clark St. in Chicago back in the day. Continue reading Cocktails and Canapés
June 27th, 2018 
1 garlic clove, cut in half
1 8-oz. pkg. Philadelphia Brand Cream Cheese
3 tablespoons clam broth
1 7-to 7 1/2-oz. can minced clams, drained Continue reading Philly Dips – Some Philadelphia Cream Cheese Classics from the 1950s
June 26th, 2018  Exhaust blackened dirty snow
Bleak City cold winter sting
Cars in ditches
Tire chains and rock salt
Doughnut shop at four am
Factory whistle blows at five
Hot coffee on the dashboard
Eyes on the road
Front wheel drive Cadillac
I’ll make it on time
June 26th, 2018 
Awakened to mild rumbles of thunder and pounding rain
washed down by a steady drizzle and more downpour
coating asphalt with mirrored reflections of oily alluvial runoff
easing back into a soothing pattern of velvety rain drops
drizzling down the foliage encased wrought iron balcony rails Continue reading The Damp Dark Plight of Rainy Day Books
June 26th, 2018  The Interrogation of Joan of Arc by Cardinal Winchester Pussy Willow wielded a real broad sword
Honed with diamonds and emery board
They say she cut her own umbilical chord
The day she strapped it on to serve her Lord Continue reading Pussy Willow Wielded a Real Broad Sword
June 26th, 2018 
Western prairie quiet broken by forged steel
Sage Grouse dance, feathers of resplendent golden lace
oblivious to Manifest Destiny’s race
Juniper trees observe from high peaks
Wisps of threadbare clouds converging on progress Continue reading Prairie Steel and Golden Lace
June 26th, 2018 
Pirate plunder, sailboat trash, cruise ship waste
oil cargo leaks, party boat beer cans, trawler diesel
hurricane timber, tsunami tin, maelstrom hulls
1452, 1633, 1785, 1823, 1900, 1956, 1989, 2005
skulls, bones, kneecaps, shoulder blade, hip bones
doubloons, pieces of eight, gold, pearls, emeralds
daggers, dirks, walking planks, broadswords, canon balls
sloshing, swooshing, swaying, swinging, swerving
fishing line, lobster buoys, shrimp net, propellers,
diaries, manuscripts, messages in bottles,
bottles without messages
glass eyes, peg legs, rope belts, Bibles, bottles of rum
cases of champagne, lock boxes, barrels of salt pork
sea glass, sea grass, bean pods, sea shells, ships logs
compass, rudder, mainsail, mainstay, jib, topsail, sheet
devils, black cats, skull and cross bones, Black Beard’s ghost
flotsam and jetsam is best served with currents
June 26th, 2018 
Once you get your first pair
You’ll find them everywhere
Up and down the stairs
Even a pair in your chair
A pair in the kitchen
For cutting up chicken
One made of hard plastic
to take a licking
A fine gold pair for putting on airs
a silver pair too, looks good on you
A slim pair like in the magazines
You know the ones, they make you look lean
A pair in the car, a pair in the truck
Some even wear them when they…
Doodle cartoons at noon
Then one day you wake up to find
Say, those are my glasses,
No they’re not, they’re mine
So off to the store to buy a new pair
And when you get back home you find the old pair
In your hair
June 26th, 2018 
If ever it could be said that there is such a thing as miracle healing soil, Ivan Sanderson said it best in his 1965 book entitled Ivan Sanderson’s Book of Great Jungles.
King Leopold’s Soliloquy 
Sanderson grew up with a natural inclination towards adventure and learning. Â He hailed from Scotland but spent much of his youth in Provence, France where he moved with his parents as a young boy. Â His description of Provence painted with his youthful imagination would later lead to a lifetime of jungle adventure across all points on the map. Sanderson’s father was killed by a rhinoceros while working with a documentary film crew in Kenya, Africa in 1925. Continue reading Antibiotic Properties of Jungle Soil
June 26th, 2018 
Toxicity of Rhododendron
From Countrysideinfo.co.UK
“Potentially toxic chemicals, particularly ‘free’ phenols, and diterpenes, occur in significant quantities in the tissues of plants of Rhododendron species. Diterpenes, known as grayanotoxins, occur in the leaves, flowers and nectar of Rhododendrons. These differ from species to species. Not all species produce them, although Rhododendron ponticum does. Continue reading Herbal Psychedelics – Rhododendron ponticum and Mad Honey Disease
June 26th, 2018 
For years in the West African nation of Ghana medicine men have used a root and leaves from a plant called nibima(Cryptolepis sanguinolenta) to kill the Plasmodium parasite transmitted through a female mosquito’s bite that is the root cause of malaria.  A thousand miles away in India, a similar(same) plant with similar properties called maranta, or Cryptolepis buchananii (Indian sarsaparilla), is used by Ayurvedic doctors to treat an assortment of ailments from urinary tract infection to paralysis and ricketts. Continue reading Curing Diabetes With an Old Malaria Formula
June 24th, 2018 
By the time I got to California the blondes had gone home
The Beach Boys were sporting dreadlocks
and singing reggae songs
The life guard at the tower
didn’t have a tan
Said if you’re looking for Mama Cass
she’s asleep over there in the van Continue reading The Last Surfer in California
June 24th, 2018 
Every home should have one to be opened in spring
A jar that sits on the table full of baseball dreams
Inside will be found there pennants and things
The smell of fresh cut grass and pinstriped rings
A pair of old tickets to the game never played,
Do you remember how cold it was on that day? Continue reading A Jar of Baseball Dreams
June 15th, 2018  Anthonie van Leeuwenhoek 1680-1686 For one suffering gout, the following vitamins, herbs, and extracts may be worth looking into:
- Vitamin CÂ
- Folic Acid – Folic Acid is a B vitamin and is also known as B9 – Â [Known food sources with high contents of folic acid include dark leafy green vegetables such as avocados, seaweed, spinach, asparagus and brussel sprouts. Liver, yeast, eggs, legumes, seafood and nuts are also a good source.
- Eicosapentaenoic acid or EPA – [Known food sources include oily fish such as herring, mackerel, salmon, sardines and seaweed. Â The EPA in fish comes for the algae that fish consume.
- Black Cherry Extract
- Celery Seed Extract
- Alfalfa
- Bosweilla – Anti-inflammatory properties
- Devils Claw – Anti-inflammatory properties
- Turmeric & Curcumin – [Studies have shown positive effects for rheumatoid arthritis and general pain and inflammation. Curcumin has also been shown to block the growth of certain kinds of tumors. Positive effects have noted on diabetes and viral infections.]
CAUTION: As with any herbs, extracts, supplements, and vitamins, one should check with their doctor prior to taking to ensure there will not be  negative interactions with prescription medications one might be taking.
Many herbs and vitamins have side effects. Side effects for most herbs, extract, supplements, and vitamins can be found on WebMD.com.
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