Posted by Jack Russell on September 3, 2024 · Leave a Comment
Two weeks on, two weeks off, that’s one scenario for life on a tugboat. Cap’n Jack gets some insights from tug captains Butch Cornelius and Dave Hoffman on what “tug-boating” life is like — and how much it pays.
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Posted by Jack Russell on August 21, 2024 · Leave a Comment
Like a well-scripted play, tugboats must perform in unison to get a ship to her berth. Some ships are handled with as many as four tugs working together under the direction of a docking pilot. Communication is key. Here it’s in poetry.
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Posted by Jack Russell on August 5, 2024 · Leave a Comment
Bluebirds remain on the wing as summer advances, their young sometimes hanging around all winter with their folks.
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Posted by Jack Russell on July 25, 2024 · 1 Comment
Nothing about 2024 has been a usual osprey season, and not in a good way.
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Posted by Jack Russell on July 15, 2024 · Leave a Comment
We have a parasitic plant belonging to the morning glory family that is a hazard to the High Tide bush in the marshes. Dodder has many names, including colorful folk names such as strangle tare, strangleweed, scaldweed, beggarweed, lady’s laces, fireweed, wizard’s net, devil’s guts, devil’s hair, devil’s ringlet, goldthread, hailweed, hairweed, hellbine, love vine, pull-down, angel hair, and witch’s hair. Those known and used locally include devil’s hair, devils guts, goldthread, angel hair, and witches hair.
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Posted by Jack Russell on June 27, 2024 · Leave a Comment
Moving box turtles outside of their home territory can cause confusion. Maryland Department of Natural Resources has tips if they look like they need help crossing the road. Cap’n Jack reinforces with his own twist upon the advice.
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Posted by Jack Russell on June 20, 2024 · Leave a Comment
Many as children have been fascinated by lightning bugs or fireflies. (As the Cap’n has lately become fascinated with rhyme.) He offers some observations of these amazing creatures, in his new stanza style.
(And here he puts it all together:)
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Posted by Jack Russell on June 6, 2024 · 1 Comment
Here are some tidbits for fishermen in the Chesapeake. We all can all use some help. And this comes from experience, from 100-year-old Cap’n Orem Hammett. Orem, a softspoken man of few words, has a unique outlook from fishing over his years.
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Posted by Jack Russell on May 20, 2024 · Leave a Comment
Trot-lining is a method of catching Chesapeake Bay Blue Crabs by tying hunks of bait (eels chopped into 2-inch to 3-inch pieces, or bull lips, are especially favored) and netting the crabs as they munch away at the delicacy. For the Cap’n, trot-lining is pure poetry.
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Posted by Jack Russell on May 9, 2024 · Leave a Comment
2024 is the year that the ginormous Great Southern Brood of cicadas are expected to emerge from extreme Southern Maryland. Some spots in the US will see the emergence not only of this Brood 19 but also the Northern Illinois Brood 13.
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