The colonies of America loved the pirates because they spent money–lots of it–to replenish their ships, buying food, liquor, clothing, sailing gear (like lines and anchors) while they stayed and dined at inns, dallied with prostitutes, and bribed government officials.
The Orange That Isn’t One
As impressive as the fruits are, they’re inedible. They are filled with the milky sap called latex, similar to what’s in rubber trees and milkweed plants.
The Birrabus and Drinking Beer in Other Countries
Just imagine how many liquor laws the Birrabus would be violating here in the states!
Fall in the South Valley of Albuquerque
On my 5.5-mile walk Sunday morning, here’s what I encountered. At the top, a cottonwood against the fall sky.