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May 23, 2020 Vic Socotra

Plague Chronicle Notes — Part XVIII – One Month Open

Ben Affleck socially distanced dining-in at Savannah’s B&D Burgers last Wednesday Bless their hearts One month into reopening thus far, it’s not so bad in the Empire. Guess we barefooted, way too early, jumping the gun, southern hicks got lucky. Yeah, that’s the ticket. Last weekend’s national news reports mentioned a sotto voce how we […]

May 16, 2020 Vic Socotra

Life & Island Times: Plague Chronicle Notes — Part XVII — A Tear

Veiled Lady”, Raffaelo Monti c.1860, Minneapolis Institute of Arts … A tear in our plague shroud? Wanting to see how this new reality unfolded, I narrowed my focus briefly to local observations with little to no following of the broader national, regional, or state plague reporting. Upon this closer view, I noticed that people looked […]

May 16, 2020 Vic Socotra

Armed Forces Day

I packaged and sent an installment of Marlow’s series on the plague this morning. I love his hang loose approach to global pandemic, always with a distinct rhythm of melody and distant old times. Or new ones. The House passed a three trillion dollar bill, biggest in the history of the republic in one shot. […]

May 16, 2020 Vic Socotra

Swamp Postcard, sans Card

Retirement is odd. I think it is Friday, a festive reflection of a work rhythm of all those years of schedules. Now this week I lost Wednesday altogether and it didn’t seem to mind. In the background is everything else, all swirling around like a Joe Biden interview. So the Flynn thing blew up again. […]

May 12, 2020 Vic Socotra

Point Loma: Pet Sounds

Editor’s Note: Point Loma looks back on a parade of non-human close friends that enrich our lives. I was thinking of my first puppy the other day, and our next twelve was together. Having more time to think while under our Governor’s House is a marvelous mystery. I wonder how this clash of past and […]

May 11, 2020 Vic Socotra

Arrias: Culture, Budget, and the Virus

Mr. Braithwaite, nominee to be the next Secretary of the Navy, noted that: “the Department of the Navy is in rough waters due to many factors, but primarily the failure of leadership.” He went on to say that: “It is my No. 1 priority, if I am confirmed, to restore the appropriate culture in the […]

May 10, 2020 Vic Socotra

Point Loma: Raquel

The Famous Fur Bikini I just saw some clickbait ad that said Raquel Welch will turn 80 this year in September – 80. She is still one of the most beautiful women to have ever graced the Planet Earth and for most of us, she never really got old – but here we all are. […]

May 8, 2020 Vic Socotra

Swamp Postcard: The Great Reawakening

So, I may not be the most alert sailor at the helm of his little ship, but this is a big week. In many of the states, the Governors are reducing civic restrictions to ensure the plague is held at bay. Life during the crisis down at the farm is essentially unchanged since the panic […]

May 4, 2020 Vic Socotra

Point Loma: New Normal

Editor’s note: People are chasing the astonishing amount of newly printed money flying about. Some perfectly reasonable people have tried to find a path forward through the current dislocation. This is Point Loma’s take. -Vic Taking Things off the Table – and The New Normal Taking things off the table is another way of stating […]