Editor’s Note: this is a continuation of Marlow’s tale about a buddy who lived some extraordinary times in extraordinary places- and paid a price. It is interesting to see what currency was used. Some, like you guys, gave something. There is always something around the next bend in the river. Others gave it all. Let’s […]

Editor’s Note: Sorry for being out of touch. Kitchen reconstruction has been a continuing and irritating distraction- not to mention the Stupid Olympics that dragged me back to 1980 and the decades since to think about the years spent thinking about time in the Republic. Here, and in the now, Leo and some extraordinary former […]

Editor’s Note: wanted to be down at Refuge Farm for what could be the last major snow storm of the 2018 cycle. It wasn’t that big a deal. but having a fire and watching the sleet and wintry mix come down deep in the Virginia countryside is pretty cool. As to Marlow’s fine story this […]

Editor’s Note: this is a back-to-back for Coastal Empire this week. I am hoping the kitchen upgrade here at Big Pink may be complete soon. Socotra LLC is proud to have talented team of content providers who step up to the vital mission of providing more glib words to the Web. To further that end, […]

“Two things greater than all things are,” wrote Rudyard Kipling: “The first is Love and the second War.” Romance and conflict are intimately bound together. Long ago Love started one War when one army chased their king’s Helen in Greek mythology. Love and War are the two extremes of our human experience. Perhaps it’s true […]

It’s that time of year back up in my former northern Virginia digs along the Potomac River. No, not tax time nor Valentine’s. No, it is now that groups of raptors will be wintering over out in the treed areas near suburban and urban developments. I first noticed these winter snowbirds when I was living […]