Annabel Lee, 1917
Annabel Lee It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Read More …
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Annabel Lee It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Read More …
A Voluptuous Smoke by Charles Edouard Edmond Delort (1841 – 1895)
“The virtues of hemp, it is said, are so great, that an infusion of it in water will cause it to coagulate: hence it is, that if taken in water, it will arrest looseness in beasts of burden. A decoction Read More …
“This autumn the master [Hokusai] happened to visit the Western Province and stopped over at our city [Nagoya]. We all met together with the painter Gekkōtei Bokusen (月光亭墨僊?) [Utamasa II, well-known Nagoya artist, pupil of Hokusai’s, and collator of Hokusai’s Read More …
The retting of raw hemp in a Danish stream… Hanfeinlegen by Theodor von Hörmann, 1884
“the use of the hemp plaster may have been for more than just preservation purposes. As the hemp plaster has the ability to store heat, is fire-resistant and absorbs about 90 percent of airborne sound, a peaceful living environment for Read More …
“And those who were laid at rest Oh! Hallowed be each name; Their memories are forever blest – Consigned to endless fame.” -Robert Emmet watercolor on ivory miniature portrait by John Comerford of Robert Emmet during his trial, 1803 Read More …
The Opium Eaters by Vasilij V. Vereshchagin, Uzbekistan, 1868
Marijuana The Border Patrol’s fight against Narcotics! Danger #4 – July 1953
The Source of Happiness The Vadas (sanskrit for knowledge) is among mankind’s oldest writings to survive antiquity. Here in this early writing we find gods, demons, the origin of the world and oh ya, Cannabis… Lets start by going Read More …