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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 […]

July 3, 2016 Vic Socotra

Isaac

Life and Island Times July 3 2016 – Isaac Conchs, both saltwater and fresh water, were visited by an Old Testament patriarch back in August 2012. Isaac, יִצְחָק, in the Hebrew Bible was Abraham’s only son. Isaac came without his family. It must have been a boys-only vacation. A Canaanite by birth and life-long inhabitant […]

July 3, 2016 Vic Socotra

Rainbow Key West

Life and Island Times July 2 2016 – Rainbow Key West Legend has it that the rainbow was Yahweh’s promise to Noah that he would never flood the earth again. The ancient world had been cleansed and its rebirth had started Key Westers of the late 20th century morphed this recreation myth into its official […]

July 1, 2016 Vic Socotra

Rocket’s Red Glare

Gentle Readers, I commend today’s installment of “Life and Island Times” to your attention as our faithful correspondent Marlow ticks off a couple hundred reasons he will be missing Key West from the vantage of a new home on the Mainland. I share a little of his passion for the lovely Key at the southernmost […]

July 1, 2016 Vic Socotra

Why Marlow Loves Key West

Life and Island Times July 1 2016 – Why Marlow Loves Key West For many years during his current coral island sojourn, Marlow wrote down every day the reasons why he was thankful to live in Key West. By the 2012 holiday season he compiled from the thousands of random thoughts a “best of list.” […]