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July 10, 2016 Vic Socotra

Life and Island Times: Drinking with Jesus

Life and Island Times July 10 2016 – Drinking with Jesus This one is from 2011. —————————– I found myself half wasted at the Parrot late one night I was drinking heavily with Jesus Talking about my crap life Tell me, tell me Jesus Tell me, tell me more Why am I not happy? Why […]

July 9, 2016 Vic Socotra

No Truth in Pravda

(Stoic Russian peasants get the daily news from Pravda. Everyone was happy, without exception, except for malingerers and social misfits who needed long-term professional care. Photo Wikipedia). Yesterday was a day when belief was suspended. There was so much to process this week- so much of it sad and depressing after the excitement of a […]

July 9, 2016 Vic Socotra

A Christmas Story

Life and Island Times July 9 2016: Cooking With Love – A Christmas Story This is from December 2013. ———————————————————– Team members awoke early today, since the Metropolitan Community Church’s Cooking With Love program volunteers would be delivering Christmas meals to 130 souls across their island town. As Marlow opened the front doors to the […]

July 8, 2016 Vic Socotra

Island Superstition

Life and Island Times Jul 8 2016 – Island Superstition This one is from 2012. ——————————————————————— This island is a peculiar place – chock full of boozers, bikers, bozos, bimbos, and a few believers. Some are creative types bent on reinventing themselves and the island – as often as on a daily basis. What follows […]

July 8, 2016 Vic Socotra

Sacco, Vanzetti and Dallas

(Italian-born American anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. They were arrested, convicted and executed in 1920). Jeeze, you take a simple vacation to see family and old friends, and by the time you get home, the Republic has been lost. That will teach me to go have a good time. I should have known the […]

July 7, 2016 Vic Socotra

Island Romance

Life and Island Times July 7 2016 – Island Romance Over a decade ago, Marlow delved into an especially creepy island romance from the past century. He read a thin paperback account entitled Undying Love that outlined it and led him to other source materials. Here now is a brief summary. ——————————————- Carl Tanzler, aka […]

July 7, 2016 Vic Socotra

Up North Fourth

(No less an authority than the National Geographic pronounced Torch the second most beautiful lake in the world). My eyes blinked open around 0600 this morning, and I briefly considered what bed I might be in. It seemed familiar enough, and then I realized I was actually in my own bed, and safe and sound […]

July 6, 2016 Vic Socotra

Life and Island Times July 6 2016 – A True Man This one is from 2014. ———————————————————– Marlow woke early this morning to find his smart phone calendar reminding him of the day’s scheduled events. Tuesday July 15 Poker at Sheldon’s, it read. This scribe was a newbie at this weekly event with only five […]

July 5, 2016 Vic Socotra

Embraceable You

Life and Island Times July 5 2016 – Embraceable You Gentle readers, this is a continuation of the In Search of Lost Time epistles that your scribe penned during the past decade about island life. This one dates from 2013. – – – – – – – – – – – – Marlow awoke last […]

July 4, 2016 Vic Socotra

Church of Brunch

Life and Island Times July 4 2016: Church of Brunch Three or so years ago found Marlow and W loosely leading a caravan of bowlers off island to NAS Boca Chica’s Airlanes under a setting sun. The motorcade was populated with nine travelers emblematic of Key West’s One Human Family – gays, straights and assorted […]