Charleston: Under the Black Flag

Saturday, May 24th, 2025, there was a pyrate invasion of Charleston. Bootstrap Ginny was right in the middle of it with her loyal and very well dressed first mate, Knotty Kevin. Not unlike Blackbeard’s infamous blockade in 1718, (307 years ago if you’re counting), this invasion was serious pyrate business. First, there were (as youContinue reading “Charleston: Under the Black Flag”

Captain Thomas Tew’s Chest of a Hundred Locks

Pyrates and chests are almost synonymous. Almost. There are some fairly well-known pyrate chests, and those are the ones I’ve been plunderin’ lately. Namely, the mysterious chest of Billy Bones of Treasure Island fame; Blackbeard’s medicine chest adventure in Charles Towne; the infamous chest of Captain William Kidd; and the chest of Captain Thomas Tew.Continue reading “Captain Thomas Tew’s Chest of a Hundred Locks”

The World Dragon Oracle: The Dragon’s Tracks II

The divination method “The Dragon’s Tracks” is a technique to use with The World Dragon Oracle. I will be presenting the Dragon’s Tracks in three posts. The first includes the introduction and methodology. This is the second post and presents each Threshold of the Dragon’s Tracks in more detail. The third post will be anContinue reading “The World Dragon Oracle: The Dragon’s Tracks II”