Some of the detritus of several lives appeared in the big clean-up down at Refuge Farm. One of the boxes that came out of the parent’s estate showed up amid the wreckage down at the Office Complex as Splash, Loma, Rocket, Mel and DeMille looked on with mild interest. The Socotra members were amazed as […]

(Colonel Tom Parker and his “attraction,” Mr. Elvis Presley) The Writer’s Section at Refuge Farm was delighted that Arrias had penned (pecked?) a thought piece on the nature of our unique American society. First was that the Chairman was not shouting for new copy early on a Monday. Arrias noted the role of Col. Tom […]

I think my index finger hit the keyboard before the short and long hands on the clock went straight up, so this is an official Daily on a busy morning! The Crew from the Writer’s Section was rounded up, not by force, but in the interest of public good to get our heads suitably cropped […]

OK, it is October, the 10th month in this strange year. This is the tenth day of the tenth month. Even the letter “O” looks like a zero. The Writer’s Section at Socotra House naturally is befuddled. That is aggravated by the fact that this 10/10 is happening on a Sunday, an artificial oddity in […]

This is a tough one, not because the events are too crazy, but because the words contain two separate but linked stories. The picture below came from the volunteer staff at the USS Midway Museum, part of the ceremony honoring LTJG Winky’s return to the finest damn carrier in the Fleet. This image is part […]

There would be plenty to talk about this morning under normal circumstances, but we agreed that things have changed. We had contemplated going ahead with the touching story we laughed about at the Belmont Farm’s Farm-to-Flask happy hour the night before. It seemed appropriate at the time, but thankfully the artwork took unenhanced labor, and […]