A short one this morning, fellow Citizens. We here at the Scribblers Section at rural Refuge Farm have been reading a remarkable book about the events of our times. It is a fascinating book, and the Fire Ring occupants are struck by something remarkable. We have had the opportunity to live our lives in what […]

You might have heard that the Supreme Court just finished their session. They made a lot of noise with several decisions accompanied by a variety of levels of emotion. Probably the most vocal of them was about the overturning of a decision made nearly fifty years ago. It was based on the Women’s Health Section […]

The current malaise abroad in the land is sort of astonishing. We noted it last year with mild surprise. We hadn’t even heard the term “malaise” in a couple decades. We know it from former President Jimmy Carter’s speech in 1979, the year I was living on an old ship in the Far East, saluting […]

The Bolivian Workers are here, arriving early-bright. There is a stated goal, arrived at in a mixture of languages generally characterized as Spanglish. Lately it has become a common tongue at Refuge Farm. We also believe we have general agreement on the proposition that will have the extended new porch and associated roof on the […]

Editor’s Note: The Supremes are at it again. The last of their decisions for this term will curb the power of regulatory agencies as “unconstitutional.” There may be another one on the “Remain in Mexico” policy later this morning. This will provoke more discussion atop the decisions on the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 10th and […]

The light of this new day is brilliant on the Piedmont’s rolling hills. There is an expression of vitality in this part of our world, of rich green growing forces erupting from our soil. On the pasture below the Bunk House a single young deer stands inviolate, doing as it will. Unmolested. Free. The Hummingbirds […]