Author: Vic Socotra

Between Storms

Splash crashed. It was sort of ironic, since an incident like that involving a lost multi-million dollar jet is where his callsign originally came from, but this one was caused by productive labor in the interest of the limited public good surrounded by the pastures to the south and the formal front gardens that ace […]

Monkey Business

Editor’s Note: There is a bunch of stuff to talk about in Domestic issues to end the news cycle component of the week, but Legal has decided they want to review such pieces of- what are we calling it? “Satiric parody?”- to avoid anything subject to misinterpretation. The Writer’s section decided a visit to the […]

Weather Report #2

So here we go. We are aware of the new Footnote that is supposed to start these things out. The essence of it is that we support the government of the United States, it’s elected officials, and particularly those who could administer sanctions against kindly and aged citizens. These Weather Reports have a long history […]

The Footnote Meeting

It is one of those delightful mornings in the Piedmont. Temperatures hesitantly seemed to be rising to the freezing point, while the astonishing depth of the sky above shouted unsaid that there is beauty in this world, and that it is a pleasure to be alive. Despite the environment, DeMille looked solemn. That is not […]

Life & Island Times: SH Fire Ring Theme Song

Editor’s Note: Like Arrias and his Muse, those of us who are not Georgians, and whose teams were crushed on the way to this new-fangled National Championship scheme can only sigh, and then strangely begin to sing along… – Vic Author’s Note: We Georgians despite the Dawgs beating the ever-loving snot out of the Tide […]

Arrias: Oaths

Author’s Note: My Muse has some thoughts… – Arrias Oaths ’Tis a plague upon all our houses, Comes dissent, then murder most foul, Words stand on their heads, In their graves the Founders growl. Oaths are given then broken, But just who is doing the breaking? Are they patriots or hypocrites? Freedom is attacked, Lady […]

New Directions from Old Places

(Manual Labor beckons from the drive at Refuge farm. The Snow may melt again. Photo Socotra) We had that big announcement yesterday about a New Wrinkle on an old trade in a strange town. Washington, DC. Generally speaking, we have enjoyed the accidents that washed us up there, with the people always at the heart […]

New Adventures

(Original logo artwork at Socotra House founding. Art by Stacy Hoffhine, 2002) Author’s Note: These are exciting and historic times. Socotra House has an exciting new project in the works that will dramatically expand the scope of work of the company. As a part of that, the following represents a portion of a new line […]

Arrias: Distant Echoes

If you’ve been following the news, you know that Russia sent some 2,500 troops into Almaty, Kazakstan last week to restore order. They also brought with them a smaller number of Kyrgyz troops – which perhaps hints at the level of Russian influence in Bishkek. It’s also of note that Russia has recently sold additional […]