Author: Vic Socotra

National Hot Dog Day

  There is a lot to talk about today, and trust me, the Writer’s Section at Socotra House was actively discussing it. The problem is, or better said, one of the problems, is that the Old America is still around. The Television featured a team from Nathan’s Hot Dogs grilling up some of their famous […]

The Best Ten Minutes

There is other stuff we could talk about this morning, but it can wait. We prefer the best ten minutes we have ever seen. The Richest individual on Earth launched himself sixty miles up, above the atmosphere we normally share, successfully separated himself from the booster, spent a couple minutes in the zero-gravity environment and […]

Arrias: Congress Shall have Power to…

There was an idea expressed recently that declarations of war are obsolete and that further, a President needs the flexibility to respond across the full-spectrum of armed conflict, that he needs to be able to move forces and engage threats, without getting wrapped around the process of obtaining some sort of Congressional approval. This idea […]

Hand Me a Beer

The Writer’s Section had some fun yesterday. Warm, sure, that is the Piedmont in muggy summer. Nature’s warm, moist embrace. Was there a case of beer evident in the discussion? Like the Texas legislators stowed away on their private plane to flee injustice in the Lone Star State?    In point of fact, there was […]

Piedmont Dawn

  Rains pelted the farm last night with vigor and a blast of sound and wind. The predictable decisions cast their shadow- raise the powered awning to avoid potential damage? If run up for storage, the cover from the blistering soggy heat would be saved from Nature’s passing wrath, but the seats at the outside […]