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Where did the phrase “batsh*t crazy” come from?
The title question comes from a scholarly page discussing the question of the origins of the phrase “batshit crazy.” The phrase seems to have developed some legitimacy as it is now included in the Oxford English Dictionary. The scholarly citations … Continue reading
Posted in Hams Bluff
Tagged healthy lifestyle, healthy-living, hiking, outdoors, St. Croix History, St. Croix Virgin Islands, walking
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Thanks to Island Visitors; Hiking is Heating Up!
I started hiking as a business in 2012 and like most new ventures it was very slow. I spent far in excess of what I made on advertising and all the other items a new business has to deal with. … Continue reading
Mother’s Love: I Never Knew Deer Could Talk and Birds Could Grieve.
Today, during my morning walk, I came across a whitetail doe and fawn grazing in a field in front of a house. When the mother saw me she started to run to the right, the fawn being rather young ran … Continue reading
Posted in Judith (Soldier) Hill, Judith's Hill
Tagged animals, Deer, excercise, Grief, hiking, lifestyle, nature, outdoors, St. Croix Vacation, St. Croix Virgin Islands, strolling, walking
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The Caribs of St. Croix
When I started the process of qualification to walk on the National Park Property at Salt River, I was told I had to present an outline of my knowledge of the Historical Significance of Salt River. From my perspective at … Continue reading
Beautiful and Deadly
In antiquity, poisons were valued for their utilitarian value in hunting fishing and even for preserving life. Just as many of our modern drugs will kill from an overdose, plants the we recognize as poisons were probably used, in greatly … Continue reading
On Judith’s Hill, A Backyard Cure for Diabetes
The biodiversity of plants on St. Croix are a record of all of the various groups who have occupied the island. There are plants from the Mayan Peninsula of Central America, the Orinoco river of South America, the European Colonizers, … Continue reading
Sugarloaf Hill, Goat Hills and St. Croix’s East End Park System.
The only thing rarer than meeting other hikers in this area of St. Croix is getting rain on a hike. This rugged area is generally avoided by most visitors and locals except for a quick ride up the hill to … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Season, Cotten Garden, Cramer's Park, Et. Stykke Land, Issacs Bay, Jacks Bay, St. Croix Plants, Uncategorized
Tagged hiking, Hiking with Children, millennium monument, nature, outdoors, space radio telescope, St. Croix Hiking, St. Croix Plants, St. Croix Vacation, travel, vacation
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