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June 12, 2016 Vic Socotra

Uber

This is going to be short- the events I am going to recount actually strung out all day, under brilliant sunshine with some scattered puffy clouds. I am not going to get into the latest horror in Orlando, which happened before we actually went to sleep here, but didn’t find out about until our eyes […]

June 12, 2016 Vic Socotra

Last Mango Memories

Life and Island Times – June 12 2016 Last Mango Memories Marlow & W’s mangos: 2016 crop (c), 2014 juice (l) & harvest (r) In the absence of the Two Sister’s shade canopy this year, Marlow’s mango crop this year is gargantuan. Branches on the mango tree in their side yard are so heavy with […]

June 11, 2016 Vic Socotra

Best Damn Birthday Ever

That pretty much sums it up. I could go on, I suppose, and actually I might. The day started with breakfast out, at a splendid little diner with a lot of activity. The eggs and corned beef hash provided a nice base for the commute over the Ko’olau Mountains. On the Windward Side of the […]

June 11, 2016 Vic Socotra

Isle of the Dead

Life and Island Times – June 11 2016 Isle of the Dead Ponce De Leon discovered the Florida Keys in 1513. He came looking for gold and the Fountain of Youth but found neither. When the Spanish later landed in Key West, legend has it that there were skulls and bones scattered all over. These […]

June 10, 2016 Vic Socotra

Senior Moment

10 June (1951) Senior Moment Gordy Howe, the greatest hockey player of the age, and my greatest sports hero as a kid, chose my birthday to join the big Production Line on heavenly ice. I am honored to share the day with him, and it makes me tingle a bit to think that my arrival […]

June 10, 2016 Vic Socotra

The Way to Kailua

Each of the Hawaiian islands are unique and special places, and they are a long way from bustling Arlington. This is just a preliminary take on what I expect to be a memorable excursion. First notes: Travel out of Dulles on Wednesday morning is a plus. Try it, if you can. The crowd is thin, […]

June 10, 2016 Vic Socotra

A Sovereign State of Mind

Life and Island Times – June 9 2016 A Sovereign State of Mind Key West’s reputation as a quirky, go it alone place is well known to moderns, since its tongue-in-cheek secession in 1982 was covered by national print and broadcast media outlets. Back then, Conchs rebelled against the Federal government’s road block quarantine of […]

June 8, 2016 Vic Socotra

TARDIS

Life and Island Times – June 8 2016 TARDIS A beach-goer on Tuesday morning moves away from a crashing wave at Higgs Beach in Key West Tropical Storm Colin was downgraded to a tropical depression Tuesday as it cleared mainland Florida and headed into the open Atlantic Ocean. Forecasts for the Lower Keys include thunderstorms […]

June 8, 2016 Vic Socotra

Building 213

It was an anonymous box on the oldest Naval reservation in the nation: the Washington Navy Yard. Building 213 is gone now, part of the re-development of the Washington Navy Yard. I had been meaning to tell you story, but did not get around to it. I am in a cab shortly to Dulles and […]

June 7, 2016 Vic Socotra

Another Erection in Key West

Life and Island Times – June 7 2016 Another Erection in Key West Peary Court at night From the mid-1960s through 1993, the large undeveloped US Navy property at White Street and Palm Avenue was used as a park by Key Westers. Marlow had salvaged lumber from torn down housing units in 1974 to rebuild […]