Lovely morning on this side of the River through our town. The good news is that some of the construction work on the other side is complete, notably the helicopter pad that has had so much attention before the scheduled visit of China’s President on the 24th. That event is another of the gatherings that […]

Holly had the immediate problem. It was afternoon change-of-attention time, which meant the Day Staff had not quite disappeared, the Watch was beginning to turn over, and Kit had discovered that an internship conducted anywhere near the Galley came with certain nutritional and potential resume advantages. Deirdre looked at the available protein, vegetables and people. […]

Hi! Miles here. That’s me on the left above, attempting to keep some order in the mid-week carnival as we bring this long, strange and strangely magical summer toward its formal conclusion. Wednesday arrived with plenty to worry about. You may have hear that there is an election coming. Foreign influence operations remain something the […]

We briefly considered a football theme to the opening of this lovely mid-September morning. The air is bright and alive, and the Michigan Teams did well enough yesterday with wins over Oklahoma and Eastern to close out the second week and get settled down for what they will do to one another in a month […]

Holly and Vic Get the EMMY, Potato and Sausage Thing Straight This is one of those Hollywood Award presentations and meal preps that look complicated but aren’t. Holly has the skillet; Vic has been assigned to the counter, which means chopping, measuring and staying out of the way when things start to sizzle. For 10–12 […]

Surf Not Affested by Houthi Advances Toward Bab Al Mendeb Strait Inline image PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Perim Island is CLOSED for recreational swimming, snorkeling and surfing due to Iranian IRGC incursions. US CENTCOM reports Socotra Island and it’s sweeping beaches remain open for recreation but advises those engaging in water sports keep a wary eue […]

The Sunday Dance-Off We started Sunday morning considerably farther south and east, watching what could have been the sun coming up over Socotra. There were thoughts of surf. Fishing. Breakfast. And naturally, coffee. Mocha. Which turned out to be an unexpectedly useful word this morning. Across the water from our newly rediscovered island sits the […]

Yesterday was emotional in a way that none of the last twenty-five observances of that strange and lovely morning had been. It was a morning that became too busy to think about and too intense to fully channel, and one that would hold such horror—and so much energy and attention—through the next quarter century. Only […]

This is the view from the North East corner of Socotra Island, looking west. It is where some of this nonsense started when some of the current grand stand of people arrived to cheer the misadventures as the Persians and the Americans do their joustings at one another. And jeer. The ‘news’ from here is […]