Postcards From the Edge

Fisherman’s Cove in Norfolk, VA

Fisherman’s Cove in Norfolk, VA

Located at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay this cove does not offer any anchorage but it does have an excellent marina named Little Creek Marina.  This marina shares the The Little Creek Inlet with...

Monday Night Movie | The Croods

Monday Night Movie | The Croods

"The Croods" are an eccentric family of cavemen, who survive the harsh terrain by living according to a strict set of rules. But when their home is destroyed in the wake of an impending disaster...

480 BCE the Battle of Salamis

480 BCE the Battle of Salamis

Themistocles lead the Greek fleet to victory against the Persian fleet of Xerxes I at the naval battle of Salamis in 480 BCE. Some historians believe that a Persian victory would have slowed the...

Why do Women Talk so Much?

Why Do Women Talk so Much?

Is it a biological need to communicate the every feeling they have?  Why must they include every irrelevant piece of information in their stories?  Most women will tell you that men do not share...

German Rouladen - Wicked Good Eats

German Rouladen – Wicked Good Eats

Rouladen, a German dish,  is one of my favorite foods.  Served with potatoes, noodles or even rice, this dish is a meal to remember. I highly recommend you try this. A little labor-intensive, but you...

Rock Hall Harbor, Maryland

Rock Hall Harbor, Maryland

Rock Hall is billed as "The Pearl of the Chesapeake", and this unique waterfront town is located on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay.   It is definitely a tourist town but it's small with a...

Burning Times, The Women's Holocaust

Burning Times, The Women’s Holocaust

5 December 1484 Pope Innocent VIII began the holocaust against women with his directive, Summis Desiderantes Affectibus, which recognized the existence of witches and gave full papal approval for the...

Sailing with the Dread Pirate Stephen

Sailing with the Dread Pirate Stephen

This past spring Stephen bought a 28 ft Columbia 8.7 sailboat. He asked me to come and help him move it from the hardstand in Baltimore to his new marina on the Chesapeake Bay. His sailboat needed...

The Life & Epic Journey of Joshua Slocum

The Life & Epic Journey of Joshua Slocum

Joshua Slocum was the first man to sail solo around the world. He was born in Nova Scotian and a naturalised American citizen. He was a sailor, adventurer, and a noted writer. In Fairhaven...

Perihelion, Aphelion and the Solstices

Perihelion, Aphelion and the Solstices

Earth moves closest to the sun on January 4, 2017 at around 9:17 am EST. This event is called the Earth’s Perihelion. Meanwhile, the December Solstice took place on December 21 at at 3:44 AM EST. At...

Thomas Coville - Around the Word in 49 Days

Thomas Coville – Around the Word in 49 Days

On Christmas day, Dec 25th 2016, French skipper Thomas Coville set a new record in solo non-stop round the world sailing. He broke the previous record of 57 days and 13 hours had been held by fellow...

The Origins of Religion, Where Does That Crazy Shit Come From?

The Origins of Religion

Every myth, Egyptian, Greek, Roman or otherwise, that has ever been told or written, varies in its telling. The basic themes are repeated in many of our myths, but details and even story lines will...

Song of Ilium, a Story of War and Forbidden Love

Song of Ilium, a Story of War and Forbidden Love

The Iliad is sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilium. It's an ancient Greek epic poem in dactylic hexameter. The story is set during the Trojan War, a decade long war for the city of Troy or Ilium...

Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Les Misérables, translated from the French as The Miserable Ones, The Wretched, The Poor Ones, The Wretched Poor, or The Victims , is an 1862 French novel by author Victor Hugo and is widely...

The Rights of Women

The Rights of Women

In America it is often said “In Muslim countries, women are routinely abused by their husbands” however, more than a 250,000 American women reported that they had been raped or sexually assaulted to...

Jupiter: God of the Sky

Jupiter: God of the Sky

In Roman mythology Jupiter was the God of the Sky, Thunder and Lightning, Law, Order and Justice. He was the central deity in the Archaic Triad, the pre-Christian Trinity if you will. The Archaic...

The Rat Pack

The Rat Pack

We salute the Rat Pack, a group of actors and musicians originally centered on Humphrey Bogart. In the mid-1960s it was the name used by the press and the general public to refer to a later group of...

The Secrets of Michelangelo

The Secrets of Michelangelo

When Michelangelo carved his masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture, do you think he was saying that David had some big balls to do what he did, or am I just extremely well endowed?