The Essential Beachcomber

Here in the south (SWFL to be exact) we have long had a secret for well being that is just now starting to leak out across the rest of the globe. With health conscious companies marketing homeopathic-this and all-natural-that all promising to improve your health and give you a sense of well-being we southerners have had the cure for hundreds of years. Are you having one of "those" days?  You know the kind of day.  It feels like you are slogging through jello.  You are just in a funk with no creative energy or forward inertia. Stuff happens and it is happening to you.  The southern elixir that puts a drawl in your speech and pep in your step is Sweet Tea or just tea as we call it.  The sugar is just a given. Case in point - my niece Pookie.  After a crappy day at work facing all the drama that a typical 25 yo woman has to face in an 8 hour time span she heads for some solace at my house where the washer and dryer are free and the sympathy regarding life challenges is eve

A day off from work...what to do, what to do? I'm going to try to get caught up on all my loose ends such as laundry, clean the bathroom, catch up on my reading but I decide that I'm out of raw honey so I am going to run out to the local beekeeper and replenish my supply. You have to know where you are going I lived in the same county of Florida my entire life. I have never had allergies or sinus headaches.  My aunt would complain about her sinus headaches and I had no sympathy at all for her (cowgirl up!) until I moved 150 miles south. My first spring in our new city was sinus torture.  Everything was in bloom - palm trees, orange blossoms, even the weeds. I always try to find a natural remedy before I head for the medicine cabinet. My solution was to find a local beekeeper that sells raw honey.   Raw honey has not been heated to pasteurize it therefore it still has all the pollens in it.They do filter the honey so all the foreign particles has been cleaned up somewh

Tervis Tumbler Store @ 928 Tamiami Trail in Osprey, Florida Tervis tumblers are the coolest glasses ever! They are insulated so cold stays cold & doesn't sweat everywhere.Hot stays hot but the cup is insulated so it doesn't burn your hand.   They come in a myriad of different sizes and styles.I have a Gator Tervis, a "K" Tervis, a Tervis with 3 little beach cabanas on the front, 2 Gator Tervis coffee cups & a very cool shell Tervis that is missing at the moment.   Tervis gives you a lifetime warranty. Just bring/mail back to their headquarters in Osprey, Florida and they will replace it at no charge. They have replaced 2 for me thus far. One I dropped at work on the concrete floor and the inside thermal/insulated thingy popped out like a rocket. The other one cracked somehow. No one will fess up. Not to worry, both have been replaced with nice shiny new ones courtesy of their lifetime warranty. My niece Pookie & I went to a benefit garage sale