Welcoming 2015: It is Just Another Polar Bear Plunge

Arriving in Coney Island.

I think I have jumped into the Atlantic Ocean on New Year's Day or around that date twenty times or perhaps even twenty one times.  This is the first time I actually know that the water temperature was 44F, and the air temperature was 34F during this year's Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge.  Cold is cold, I figured.  

Garlic, Honey, and Kombucha/NY and VT

finely chopped garlic and honey

• Garlic

One morning about about two weeks ago I woke up sniffly and was then getting very cold during the morning walk with Mowgli.  Thus I decided to have some garlic, minced with honey to make eating it easier.  I had some more the day afterward, and after consulting with an acupuncturist friend, I decided to continue for a third day.  Doing my best to keep the flu at bay this year.  It seems to be a very bad season.  Hopefully nobody has been offended by my new scent.