Press ESC key to close search

Vic Socotra

Author: Vic Socotra

  1. Home
  2. Vic Socotra
October 28, 2021 Vic Socotra

Life & Island Times: Legislature Shop Encounter

Editor’s Note: Marlow chimes in this morning about the extraordinary events in Your Nation’s Capital. He manages his usual comprehensive approach. With the discussion of COP26 at the heart of this morning’s meeting, Marlow sets the stage for the events which will transpire in the Virginia Governor’s Race, the conference in Glasgow, and another dozen […]

October 27, 2021 Vic Socotra

Weather Report: The Real Big Deal

A major milestone is passed- a joyful cross-country adventure to attend a marvelous wedding. It signified so much on so many levels, so much emotion. On the purely personal level, it was an exercise in putting the pandemic behind us. Finally. A celebration of life and creation of a new family. The uplift of spirits […]

October 26, 2021 Vic Socotra

Life & Island Times: Wasteland Observations

Editor’s Note: As has been noted elsewhere, this is a Tuesday that feels like a second Monday. Nestled in Virginia’s rolling Piedmont, we here at Refuge Farm are subject to all sorts of political turmoil. It is piled up on the way to our loopy Virginia off-peak election next week. Former Presidents and governors visited […]

October 25, 2021 Vic Socotra

Arrias: What Have You Got To Hide?

There was a very entertaining movie made in 1967 that was a satirical attempt to “tap” into the growing paranoia that the “Government” was spying on Americans. The movie was “The President’s Analyst, and the evil antagonist in the movie was “TPC,” “The Phone Company,” a huge, all knowing, omnipresent technological marvel that worked hand-in-glove […]

October 25, 2021 Vic Socotra

Renewable Green, Seen from the Heights

Editor’s Note: The Socotra House Editorial Staff recently left the property, a slightly unusual occurrence in these challenging times in America. This was not exactly a “trip to town for a swim at the Powell Center.” Instead, it was a view of the United States of America, mostly conducted at Flight Level 360 on a […]

October 25, 2021 Vic Socotra

Random thoughts after five years of living in the Coastal Empire

Editor’s Note: There are a hundred stories to tell about the Editorial Staff’s recent sojourn on the Western Shore of America. It will take a little while to sort them out- fractured families, new unified versions, great joy and a lovely bride. This is an image of a proud father and a joyful Groom. A […]

October 23, 2021 Vic Socotra

A Wedding Day

(Brother is front left, Groom is sipping at the imminence of Marriage to right. Reception after rehearsal at the beach on Shelter Island). Clouds are burning off nicely in this bustling city on the Bay. Jet Skies are leaping in the still water. The wedding will be out-of-doors, so like much here in San Diego, […]

October 22, 2021 Vic Socotra

At the Midway…

It was a day of delirious beauty in San Diego’s waterfront. Older son and lovely wife arrived around noon with a fabulous reunion in what had been our old stomping grounds across the majestic Coronado Bay Bridge. This being a day still filled with gathering from around the country, there was a chance to take […]

October 21, 2021 Vic Socotra

Moonset

So, morning came on time despite being below the slope of majestic Point Loma. Lingering in the pre-dawn was the silver orb of a near full moon, brilliant in its reflection of the sun still rising. Up at 0700, East Coast, 0400 on Shelter Island local, the harbor rim still snoozing. Dining with Heather, the […]