This is almost too much for those Boomers at the table to comprehend. With an average age spanning 70 to 85, they bring long memories to the 4th Floor Conference Room at the Socotra House Creative Section. Somewhere deep in their collective recollections was being a teenager when the evil dictator Batista—whose two periods of […]

I don’t recall ex-spouse Jane’s Birthday always being Mother’s Day, but this is a lovely one and the memory of the laughter and tears we shared are powerful on this sunny morning. We did a happy slide this morning to get things rolling, but there are other big deals out there that deserve a mention. […]

The puppet media owned by the Iranian Republican Guard has reported that their government has submitted a response to the peace proposal offered by the Americans. The Islamic Republic News Agency cited “a source familiar with the matter” that negotiations between the Trump administration and Tehran are solely focused on halting hostilities in the region. […]

Deirdre had an answer for a weekend swirling in conflict, for kinetic and legal. Her answer was prompted by news about another disaster overseas, and a reason to concentrate on nutrition. Southern-Fried Prawns are a delicious and crispy treat to remedy the needs of watch-standers, drop-bys and sleep-overs at the Socotra House the Creative Section. […]

We will keep this short, and did not want to lead with it with this morning. But the reports are coming in now that evening is coming to Red Square. This was this year’s celebration of Victory Day for the Soviet Union over the forces of actual Fascism in 1945. What is interesting is the […]

There wasn’t much in the news this morning, no surprise, since the Iranians were rumored to have had 48 hours to respond to a US proposal for peace issued Wednesday. That would have expired around lunch time today, and although we are starting to get a little hungry, no word from the part of the […]

(A topic of moderation this morning, this is a “six pack” of the Gold Bar adult evening beverage. Courtesy Three Brothers). Friday Watch: Before Breakfast VIRGINIA BEACH | HAPPY HOUR FRONT What was going on back here wasn’t much new. Maybe more by Happy Hour. Then it starts all over again. Or more accurately, the […]

(Clockwise: portrait of Captain John Paul, later Rear Admiral John Paul Jones; daguerreotypes from the 1905 exhumation at the paved-over Cimetière des Protestants Étrangers; and the final crypt at Annapolis.) The Forgotten Admiral There is a bunch going on overseas, and America’s ships are enforcing sanctions and maintaining blockades. We will know more about how […]

The Boomers almost missed two mornings. There is a reason for it, which Miles is still working on and not quite ready to launch. That was the matter of the successful test of the Premium Kratom Alkoloid 40MG tablets last Thrusday which we immediately followed by what might have been another attack on President Trump […]