(Eddie Layton’s Captain picture. He appears this morning because of something special that happened last night. Bear with me- and photo thanks to Bill) All right- this is one of those mornings. It is better than yesterday-  that one started with Don-the-Builder’s guys Tom and Jose showing up with the new back door at nine […]

(Free range turkeys in the field. I can’t tell from this angle which one is #5.) Number Five is the name Meg Campbell of Croftburn Farms attached to the bird that was purchased several weeks ago by the enormous person in overalls in line ahead of me. I was getting eggs and cheese, as is […]

(Clear skies and good company at College Park. Photo Socotra.) We were at the Florida State game yesterday, a delightful day spent drinking in the great out-of-doors. The Terps got their butts handed to them, and we only stayed in the seats on the fifty at Byrd Stadium for the first half and then repaired […]

(President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of Argentina). An open letter to long-suffering readers from the editorial board of the Daily Socotra: I am running short on time. I did not write yesterday, or rather, I did not write for any distribution since the rant included some stuff that just isn’t that interesting, or maybe more […]

(The Department of Homeland Security. Really impressive, and just what we needed to keep the TSA under control. Hahaha. Image credit: Perkins+Will). Well, I can’t sort it out, and that is making Plan B harder to figure out. The dust is starting to settle on the election; the triumphant rhetoric and recriminations are well in […]

I confess I do not know what to think about any of this latest exercise in public humiliation for some otherwise fairly good guys. You can balance that with the opinion of more than one female veteran of the gender wars that they are just pigs. The count of “possibly inappropriate” messages is eye-popping. For […]

There is a tidal wave sweeping over me this morning, and a meeting with the good people of Lockheed-Martin in Springfield in one hour and three minutes. So, perforce, the usual smoothly-crafted story is going to have be traded for the shower and an exciting drive in the chill dank rain. Between the disintegration of […]

Things just take longer down on the farm. I enjoyed the extra day down in Culpeper immensely, and actually got some chores done. (Re-cycling is an important civic duty. Here is the marshaling area for Veteran’s Day dead soldiers.) Well, as you can see, there were some other activities besides “chores,” per se. Re-cycling among […]

It is a huge Veterans Day down at the farm. Thanks for your service, Vets. You, and the long line of citizen soldiers have kept us free: Marines, Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard, have kept us free. Not that one Vet didn’t tweak me first thing, but I will get to that in […]

(General Dave Petraeus in happier times testifying before the House Armed Services Committee. Photo AP.) I was going to explore the wonderful, magical world that is about to come with you this morning. It is part of what my pal the economist calls “the business cycle,” and the coming boom in oil and gas. It […]