Arise ye workers from your slumbers
  Arise ye prisoners of want
  For reason in revolt now thunders
  And at last ends the age of cant.


Captain's Phlog                       May Day 2020
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Hello Comrades!
Actually I have nothing especially 'Red' planned 
for today's entry save the hope that The Crisis 
helps you rediscover your Voice, your Community & 
your Class. Solidarity my friends!

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Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit!
A year ago I was introduced to this old notion 
that saying "Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit" aloud first 
thing upon waking on the first day of the month 
will ensure good luck. Wikipedia suggests it is an 
English custom. Are there other folk practices 
designed to bring good fortune that you find 
interesting or amusing?

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Gathering Dandelions:

In the world of foraging, the dandelion is a 
no-brainer. I imagine almost everyone is aware 
that this weed makes a tasty salad green and a 
'passable' coffee substitute. Easy to identify, 
they are nourishing and healthful. Even their 
Latin name 'Taraxacum officinal' loosely 
translates as 'the official cure for troubles' per 
Euell Gibbons. But I'd never harvested them 
correctly until this year...

I stopped by YouTube the other day and The 
Algorithm (Blessed Be It's Code) suggested I check 
out Clara, a 98 year old lady who cooks depression 
era foods like she ate as a girl. She was talking 
on Dandelion salad and described her method for 
harvesting it. It seems that on her way home from 
work, she would use a small knife to slice below 
ground and sever the whole rosette! My brain went 
BOOM I tell you. I was plucking leaves and always 
had a mess of loose leaves that took ages to clean 
and process. Now using this method I can just 
swish the entire top in a bucket and trim the end 
of the taproot Easy Peasy!
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Be Safe. Be Well. Be Gopher.

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