So, things have been quiet and wet and chilly and gray these past few months. The color of the sky seemed to fit the strange events on the ground almost perfectly. We transition to something else tomorrow- secret plague code 1A, or 2.0, or whatever our strange Governor is calling it. He is eager to […]

Editor’s Note: In Virginia, our Governor has announced a new set of officials who can harass us, his constituents. Marlow notes what is happening in his Coastal Empire as America seems to be opening up again… -Vic  Author’s Note: Recently I heard Savannahian Johnny Mercer’s original version and felt its perfection as a, if […]

General Order No. 11 Headquarters, Grand Army of the Republic Washington, D.C., May 5, 1868 I. The 30th day of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in […]

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. […]

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. […]