Author: Vic Socotra

Confusing the Eagle

There apparently were some decisions released by a court in Washington this week. Reports on the early and late news- the times management does not attempt to regulate what material we have access for viewing- was that there were some emotional responses to them. You can imagine the reaction in the Writers Section at Refuge […]

Life & Island Times: (Summertime) 101 (Blues)

Editor’s Note: Refuge Farm was awash in light gray fog as the Writer’s Section expressed desire and lethargy just before dawn. We had hoped the grand Planetary Alignment would be visible around 45-minutes before the Piedmont dawn. Instead, we got cool nondescript gray tendrils of fog across the south-eastern pastures. Our media friends say we […]

Arrias and His Muse: Accidents???

Accidents don’t just happen, God isn’t to be blamed, You made a bad decision, No matter how it’s named. No one told you to spend money, That bills would come due is known, And governments are no smarter, Wars don’t start on their own. Printing presses don’t print money, Politicians ordered it done, Everyone knew […]

Life & Island Times: Ch-ch-change, chump change

We here in the Empire have been treated to lowered gas prices for some time, since our state leaders passed a gasoline tax holiday almost three months ago. Here’s a photo (taken this morning) of one such service station along a nearby Georgia route where the average low-test gallon price range is around $4.30. So, […]

Weather Report: Storm in Progress

Amanda was very stern with us this morning. It fit the skies, which had retreated from severe dark booming and bright flashes of lightning to a more gentle but persistent rainfall. The Chairman was in an agitated state over the annual chimney cleaning, a necessary job in the country, but the idea of workmen on […]

Our Ruby Throats

(You must look down to the right to see our Ruby Throat. Capturing this image required phone and constant attention- and eight attempts. Photo Socotra). There was controversy that started before the normal Production Meeting of the Writer’s Section of Socotra House LLC this morning. As you may have gathered, Management is under pressure in […]

Summertime…and the Living Is…

(The 22-Story House of Soviets in Kaliningrad, formerly Konigsberg) The Very Small Group at the Writer’s Circle did not immediately gravitate to the Fire Ring down the slope from the Bunk House on this first day of Piedmont Summer. The Ring is now unlikely to be used for a few months as the Piedmont’s soggy […]

Arrias and His Muse: Summertime

Thick and hot, it clings to me, I am wrapped up in her arms, Not a single creature stirs, I am smothered in her charms. Lilies, daffodils, azaleas, Already bloomed, petals disappear, Fertile land, green, lush, Saucy, sultry Summer is here. Just the faintest insect buzz, Else the silence is most complete, Not the merest […]

Father’s Day in a Different Land

Bill Reddig- the fellow we called Dad- did his version of the electric car back in the mid-1950s as a stylist at American Motors. The thoughts about what were to come in this amazing world were around then, and AMC’s Chief of Design, Mr. Ed Anderson, had the idea that what was coming should look […]