Celtic Odyssey

Ever since I started Traditional Wet Shaving back in 2014 , I’ve heard about Bay Rum . Not the sweet, golden, elixr from Jamaica (although it does contain some of that). No, I’m talking about the classic, manly fragrance probably worn by your Great-Grandfather or Grandfather. Heck, depending on your age, your Dad might have had some Bay Rum in his medicine cabinet. No matter which YouTube channel you watch dedicated to Traditional Wet Shaving, someone has a video that features it. With so many people talking about Bay Rum, I thought I’d check in to it. There are some stories going ‘round that Bay Rum started in the 16th century when pirates / sailors would try to cover their stench by rubbing bay leaves on their skin. I’m not so sure that’s true (and I’m not the only one), but it makes a good story. What is true, however, is that the fragrance started in the West Indian Islands — Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Jamaica, etc. From what I found, the first Bay Rum was created in the late...

Matthew 5.13-20 (TIB [1] ): 13 “You are the salt of the earth. But what if salt were to lose its flavor? How could you restore it? It would be fit for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot.  14 “You are the light of the world. You don’t build a city on a hill, then try to hide it, do you?  15 You  d on’t light a lamp, then put it under a bushel basket, do you? No, you set it on a stand where it gives light to all in the house.  16 In the same way, your light must shine before others so that they may see your good acts and give praise to your Abba God in heaven. 17 “Don’t think I’ve come to abolish the Law and the Prophets. I have come not to abolish them, but to fulfill them.  18 The truth is, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter of the Law, not even the smallest part of a letter, will be done away with until it is all fulfilled.  19 That’s why whoever breaks the least significant of these commands and teaches...