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November 5, 2021 Vic Socotra

Life & Island Times: thin lines

Editor’s Note: Marlow expresses the mood at the Loading Dock today in more eloquent terms. It is not just something as abstract as “truth.” It is about the torrent in which we attempt to swim in this world. – Vic Marlow’s Note: The time has come to cross some: thin lines I remember my folks […]

November 5, 2021 Vic Socotra

Public Health and Public Messaging

It was the ostensible end of the week, not that there is an actual one and the remaining production issues at Socotra House had the attention of the Writer’s Section assembled on the Farm’s Loading Dock. The dawn was crisp and clear, and the smoke from Splash’s Marlboro whirled toward the trucks in the parking […]

November 4, 2021 Vic Socotra

Myanmar, Revisited

(The Lady, Aun Saan Suu Kyi). I was minding my own business, part of the approach many of us at Refuge Farm have decided to take about the extraordinary developments on the American political scene. As a group, we are mostly retired. We are generally pleased with how our working lives were spent, although there […]

November 3, 2021 Vic Socotra

The Day After…

If I was a Republican, this would be a happy morning. The group down by the Fire Ring was charged up this morning. We sent a last unemotional update just as the polls closed on Election Day, recapping the way the day of voting went. This morning we followed our agreement to get our caffein […]

November 2, 2021 Vic Socotra

Life & Island Times: Every TV Screen Seen Better Days

Editor’s Note: Election Day in the Piedmont under light chill rain and gray sky. We will see how this goes. Our Handy-guy, a Bolivian by birth, is now a U.S. Citizen. He said he was going to go vote today during some routine Tuesday business. I have already done my civic duty. Do yours, if […]

November 2, 2021 Vic Socotra

Life & Island Times: What’s Keeping America?

Editor’s Note: Some of old America is happening out there. We will see what the system produces in our names when they get to it, right? – Vic – Author’s Note: I don’t have as reliable an answer as I once did. – Marlow  What’s Keeping America? What used to keep America aloft, enlivening its […]

November 2, 2021 Vic Socotra

Election Day

It was chill and gray and wet for Election Day here in Virginia. One of the new times and dates in our new electoral system is in a few minutes. That is 7:00PM, when the polls close. Which of course is subject to local variance- if you are in line at a polling station at […]

November 1, 2021 Vic Socotra

Arrias: Climate Change, Pomeranian Grenadiers and Taiwan

First, a tip of the hat to President Biden; his comments that the US will defend Taiwan from attack are an excellent first step towards preventing war in East Asia. However, comments by members of his cabinet and other members of his staff attempting to explain “what the President meant to say,” are at best […]

November 1, 2021 Vic Socotra

November Calendar of Events

We looked at the somewhat bleary Writer’s Section this morning and gave up on attempting to do anything humorous about the coming weeks. It is Monday, at the moment, and appropriate to stay focused and outline some tips for Virginia voters in the election tomorrow. It is appropriate, since it has an outsized significance in […]