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July 20, 2016 Vic Socotra

Press Release

Not content to just deal with the hysterical pandemonium surrounding this surreal election, or the rising tide of social unrest that seems to threaten the dissolution of life in the West, I decided to put what is left of my professional life into the Waring blender, punch the button for “Frappe,” and see what would […]

July 20, 2016 Vic Socotra

Square Grouper

Life and Island Times July 20 2016 – Square Grouper This one is from 2014. ———————– From Marlow’s days in the Keys during the early 70s, square grouper was a species unique to American island waters. They were first discovered and named by the US Coast Guard during their routine patrols of US territorial waters. […]

July 19, 2016 Vic Socotra

Twilight Peculiar

Life and Island Times July 19 2016 – Twilight Peculiar This one is from the spring of 2014. ——————– Marlow and W had feasted at their Wednesday supper and felt the need for a brief walk in the early twilight. They chose a path that led to the peculiar on alleys, main streets, corners and […]

July 18, 2016 Vic Socotra

Sisters’ Photographic Coda

Life and Island Times July 18 2016 – Sisters’ Photographic Coda Horizontal slice of Big Sister – please note the life giving, water and sap transporting phloem on the right and the soil filed phloem from the ground termite invasion on the left This is what 15 tons of tree limb and trunk wood look […]

July 18, 2016 Vic Socotra

Two Sisters

Life and Island Times July 18 2016 – Two Sisters Out behind casa Marlow reside two massive Spanish lime tree (Mamoncillo or little sucker) sisters. One is of middle age, while the older one dates back 140 to 150 years. These sisters sit atop a fresh water lens below the island’s porous limestone. This convex […]

July 18, 2016 Vic Socotra

New Moscow Mule

No, I am not talking about a Ukrainian drug smuggler. I am talking about the tasty and refreshing summer cocktail to enjoy as the Republic shows signs of collapse all around. I think the way to get through the GOP convention in Cleveland this week is vodka, plenty of it and keep it coming. Given […]

July 17, 2016 Vic Socotra

Western Civ, 101

I thought we were done with senseless violence and murder this week, but I guess I was wrong. I had just climbed out of the pool. I wanted to get the cardio workout done and out of the way on what promised to be a spectacular edition of gem of a day in July. I […]

July 16, 2016 Vic Socotra

The South Side

Well, I will be hornswoggled. We got tagged, and are official locals at the Front Page. It was a Friday crowd and we were drinking and watching the dozen or so flat screens to see of the BLM protests scheduled for that evening were real, or some hoax perpetrated to stir up trouble. I have […]

July 16, 2016 Vic Socotra

Island Thoughts

Life and Island Times July 17 2016 – Island Thoughts The Florida Keys . . . for most fresh water conchs there was no direct route from where they were at to where they got once in Key West. Most followed a zigzag course that took them through the big cities and careers, foreign travel […]