Monthly Archives: March 2024

I was reading a book not too long ago, Pirates in the North Atlantic: Robbery Murder and Mayhem off the Canadian East Coast, by Dan Conlin, and I was dumbfounded to read that, (at least for a period of time), Ned Low, of all pirates, had pets. Plural. Not cats, Not parrots. Not monkeys. NedContinue reading “The Dog and Ned Low”

I was wunderin’…what, if anything, did pyrates fear?  What would make a pyrate change their best laid plans or completely abandon a plunderin’ party? What made them tremble and shake in terror? Twitching at the end of a hangman’s noose, for sure, must have been a pyrate nightmare. Krakens, luscas, evil mermaids…all good reasons toContinue reading “Pyrate Superstition”

I was playing the video game Skull and Bones the other day and decided to spend some ingame silver on an ingame ship pet. I chose a kitty, (because I don’t have enough cats in my real life – that’s a joke, I DEFINITELY have enough cats in my real life…anyway), and having my littleContinue reading “Pyrates and Their Cats”

I recently received a fabulous book called The Pirate Primer that is not only useful for speaking pyrate in a proper manner, it’s also been a source for some bouts of tear-inducing, hysterical laughter. For instance, pyrate nicknames for food. While at sea, most pyrates ate typical naval rations of pickled or salted meat, hardContinue reading “Pyrate Grub”

This is the fourth and final in a series of plunderin’ ghost ships. To catch up, go to The Octavius, The Flying Dutchman, and Ghost Ship of the Northumberland Strait. The Caleuche She’s been called a ship of magic, a phantom ship, and a gatherer of the dead. Some say she’s not a ship at all,Continue reading “Ghost Ships – Part IV – The Caleuche”