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Every year as we approach Ben Franklin’s birthday on Sunday, January 17th,  I read the Papers of Benjamin Franklin - published by Yale University Press - for what he wrote 253 years ago.  I go back this number of years as it is the year that he was the same...

I’m stopping my WHINING and just going to find a way or make one.  This week I came to the realization that despite my naturally optimistic mindset - deep inside a part of me was “whining” about what I can’t do during this holiday season.    This week - as...

The Beach Bar Blog is about giving people hope in these challenging times.  Usually it’s with a smile, a story or an optimistic perspective. This week is different, it’s more on the real and tangible hope side.... Online Brainstorming Beats In Person I am now...

18 years ago, I tore out a recipe for Baked Alaska from the August 26, 2002 issue of Saveur Magazine. It’s a classic dessert where ice cream is baked in a hot oven - insulated by sponge cake and meringue.  It’s best known as the dessert that cruise ships often...

What I’m thinking about this week is the need to release from “woulda, coulda, shoulda.”  The past is past.   It’s time to focus on the meaningfulness of THIS MOMENT.   It’s time to focus on creating the TODAY and TOMORROW that is our calling. ...

I am captivated when I get see the sun rising in the morning. I am equally captivated when I get to see the moon rising in the evening. Nearly every morning here on Prince Edward Island when I come down the stairs and see the  sun rising, I can’t stop looking at...

Debbie and I can’t leave our property on Prince Edward Island, however, the property includes the Brain Brew Beach Bar land. This week we took Lexi with us and as the photo indicates, my wife and I saw the recent “warm weather” on Prince Edward Island differently.   ...

Nine days from now I will be less judgmental of Covid Restrictions than I was five days ago.  My wife and I are in Canada at our home on Prince Edward Island (PEI). PEI is a small province.  It has an amazingly low level of COVID infections. Yes it’s an...

Jimmy Buffet is the “Patron Saint” of the Beach Bar. Bruce Springsteen is the “Patron Saint” of Brain Brew Custom Whiskey.  In a recent interview in of all places, AARP Magazine, Bruce spoke about where he gets his inspiration: “You have your antenna out,” he...

As you can tell by the photo, my Great Grandfather Will Holder, was a sail maker. More than that, he was an innovator. He was the first to bring “sewing machines” into a sail loft.   At the age of 95, my Great Grandfather Holder was asked his philosophy for life....