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May 1, 2018 Vic Socotra

Arrias: The Perils of Socialism

Here’s an experiment: write down everything you’ll need for the next year. Everything: the simple stuff like how many boxes of oatmeal or toilet-paper rolls, and the hard stuff: how many new cell phones you’ll need because one broke or one was lost. How many times will the plumber need to come out to the […]

April 23, 2018 Vic Socotra

Japan-gazer Update — April 23, 2018

平成30年4月23日 = (30th Year of Heisei Era, 4th Month, 23rd Day) – – – – – = This week’s poem: It Happens Rain falls Wind blows Mind wanders I suppose Light fades Time flows Can’t remember So it goes Tomorrow Never knows… { From my Blog: https://carllafong.blogspot.jp } – – – – – = 5 […]

April 10, 2018 Vic Socotra

Life & Island Times: Caffeinated Compulsion at Forsyth Park

I was enjoying some quality coffee time at one of the sidewalk tables at the Sentient Bean. I had a fabulous view of the southern end of Forsyth Park with its azaleas in full bloom, It was the first true day of a much delayed spring here in the Hostess City. The early morning commuters […]

April 4, 2018 Vic Socotra

Postcard From The Swamp #36

Yeah, I am going to get to the taxes. Maybe. Another surreal weekend and half week so far here. I remember being little and very concerned when word spread about his heart attack, hoping we would be OK. If only we knew what was coming…..The Grateful Dead were right. And in other developments….. This image […]

March 29, 2018 Vic Socotra

Life & Island Times: Road Mountain Smoke (August 1971)

Postcard: Early Morning Mist in the Great Smoky Mountains I rode my Honda 175 from the upper Midwest to my new home in North Carolina. This was day two of the longest motorcycle journey I have attempted. It might be over 800 miles when I total up the legs. The 10.5 cubic inch powered motorcycle […]

March 28, 2018 Vic Socotra

Arrias: Tariffs and Politics

Last week President Trump imposed tariffs on, among other things, Chinese steel and aluminum, as well as placing restrictions on various investments by China in US markets. Commentary mainly seems to have come down in opposition to the move, noting the US has a $375 billion trade deficit with China; that many of our consumer […]

March 26, 2018 Vic Socotra

Point Loma’s One China

The Great Wall looking fairly Biblical. One China “the United States acknowledges that Chinese on either side of the Taiwan Strait maintain there is but one China and that Taiwan is a part of China. The United States does not challenge that position.” It’s been a couple of weeks and I had promised to provide […]

March 26, 2018 Vic Socotra

Life & Island Times: Road Small Town Talk

Road Small Town Talk (summer 2005) We had come to the place on this motorcycle trip where we were used to our presence in little towns calling idle attention to ourselves with our strange dress and roadtrip adventures that we shared with the home-bound during our encounters. To a certain extent we were knights of […]

March 21, 2018 Vic Socotra

Postcard From The Swamp #35

Well, they certainly call it March Madness for a reason. My brackets are busted, the biggest snowstorm of the winter in DC happening in Spring. You know, the usual. I am slightly agog at what is happening now- anything from proxy wars against Russia in Syria, three-party Korean talks, the leadership of DoJ, CIA and […]

March 19, 2018 Vic Socotra

Already Too Late and Too Crazy

First notification of the Spring Gold Cup race festivities out at Great Meadow came out this morning. This is huge. With March Madness, the Masters, and the spring frocks being tried on and the sloe-eyed promise that Spring makes us all better, that marks our traditional emergence into the warmth. You know that this is […]