Morning, Gang! The Piedmont this morning is a little dryer than it has been. Up north at the junction of Legislation and Lunacy, they got four inches of rain. Ours down in the Piedmont was gentle but steady, cool from the northern climes, and maybe the last pleasant stretch for the weeks of High Summer […]

Country Living has its moments, you know? The transition in seasons was remarkable, and included a stretch of three or four days of temperate breeze and clear blue sky, dotted periodically with white gentle puffy reminders of pleasant change. The Weather Lady laid it on thick last night, though. She used her computer models based […]

James V. Forrestal, First in Defense, namesake of USS Forrestal (CV/CVA-59) Sorry to drag you into this, but it is part of what is going on at Refuge Farm in the lovely fertile Piedmont of Virginia. We are attempting to generate a fun recount about a time as historic as the one we are living […]

The news this morning had some startling aspects we thought were worth talking about, had no relation to America or American policy-makers, and did not occur on this continent. It was about Dutch Farmers, of all things, but we were told that since the matter directly involved discussion of energy policy, gunfire and the distribution […]

Goodness, a busy morning in the country! There is plenty to be excited about, though these days an old word with meanings we all understood now contains new elements. “Horror” is one of them, but we are old and some of the new interpretations no longer have any particular meaning. “Fear” is another one of […]

The Scribblers were uncomfortable this morning. We normally enjoy the “4th” in a vaguely Midwetern manner, and we had a good one. Flag banners were nailed up, a brand new 3 X 5 US Flag fluttered from the staff on the back deck of the Big House. The food was perfect, real country fixins’ from […]