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March 8, 2022 Vic Socotra

Piedmont Pivot Points

Goodness, what a morning! Here in the Piedmont there is a slow-motion struggle that is snagged in events overseas. The issue at this point, here anyway, is construction of two modest rectangular buildings on an equestrian property off Rt 3, just a couple miles from The Farm. There is an information campaign in progress about […]

March 7, 2022 Vic Socotra

Arrias: Cuba, Korea and Ukraine

We need to end the war in Ukraine, for a host of reasons. The immediate reason is obviously to end the very real suffering among innocents, the reason any war should be avoided at nearly any cost (not all costs, some wars are necessary, Ukraine is justifiably fighting at this point). The second reason is […]

March 6, 2022 Vic Socotra

Making Decisions

We could reprise some of the excitement at The Farm about book publication. It had its moments, and some challenges for the days to come, but will spare you the trivia of the joys of rural publishing. Coming alive again with sufficient caffeine, it was a strange ambivalent morning in the Piedmont. Unusually warm, nearly […]

March 6, 2022 Vic Socotra

Arrias & His Muse: Siege of Mariupol

They huddled in their basements, The cannons pounded away, Through the day, through the night, And when dusk gave way to day. Thousands of people, families and friends, Each loved by someone afar, Sharing in the fear, and the anger, Trapped in this dark world, evil, bizarre. A city of poets and painters, A city […]

March 5, 2022 Vic Socotra

Mac Showers Returns in “Cocktails with the Admiral!”

Editor’s Note: We are confronted with international developments that have the potential to burst into the use of nuclear weapons. Normally that is pretty big news. Splash rushed into the Bunk House yesterday, thinking the “chyron” high-light ribbon across the bottom of the screen on his phone meant NATO had imposed a “no-fly” zone over […]

March 4, 2022 Vic Socotra

The Power of Nudge

(Cass Sunstein and wife Samantha Powers). The Refuge Farm Writer’s Section, contains a cadre of old militarist members of the Intelligence Community. They have been joined by former professors of Economics, and strong women who have been mothers, raised families and all the while successful in the world of commerce. They occasionally provide a burst […]

March 3, 2022 Vic Socotra

Changing the Charter

The Very Small Group- the one a little smaller than the entire Writer’s Section at The Farm- was talking about life and change this morning. Buck is the newest member of the group, and he is accustomed to the changing terms of reference in our common tongue. “Changing the Charter” was the subject of his […]

March 2, 2022 Vic Socotra

Life & Island Times: Ah, sotu

Editor’s Note: We had a vigorous discussion at The Farm about whether to stay up for the President’s first State of the Union message last night. We did not, though we did review his remarks first thing. We reserve comment, of course, since the Young Attorney is watching us carefully. We may talk about it […]

March 2, 2022 Vic Socotra

Weather Report: SITREP Ukraine

“We are going to be OK.” – President Joe Biden in his SOTU remarks last night. We had the morning production meeting early. Yesterday, we were concerned by the emergence of the term “Throw Weight.” It had an ominous tenor intended to keep the West at bay. We had read the text of the President’s […]