I don’t mind telling you that I am a little shell-shocked this morning, Campadres. I have been in a blur of emotional travel, as you have probably observed, and have been a little in denial about what I saw in Michigan. The trip to Commencement at Mt. Holyoke was a positive affirmation of the value […]

(Rapture in South Hadley, MA, 22 May 2011. Photo Socotra.) Apparently the Powers That Be miscalculated The Rapture. Simple mistake- the World will end on October 21st now, so we will get the whole pool season in without incident. I marked it on my Microsoft Outlook calendar so I won’t forget and tried to plow […]

(The former General Store at Lake Wyloa, MA.) You are going to just have to bear with me as I sort out the events of the last few days. I cannot believe it is the beginning of the working week again, and so many miles have fled under the wheels of the piece-of-crap rental Camry, […]

(Tan Son Nhut, Vietnam. This twelve year old ARVN Airborne trooper with M-79 grenade launcher accompanied the Airborne Task Force Unit on a sweep through the devastated area surrounding the French National Cemetery on Plantation Road after a day long battle there. The young soldier has been “adopted” by the Airborne Division. Photo US Army […]

(The Willow Bar. Photo Willow.) Boy, there were hot times at Willow last night. I spent almost as much time there as at the office. We have a couple new gentlemen coming on staff, expert hired guns for some specialized opportunities coming up, and I needed to spend time dedicated to getting them oriented to […]

“I am already done celebrating the death of bin Laden. I am much more excited about how many other jihadist cockroaches we exterminate before the sun goes down tomorrow.” – Ted Nugent, Detroit rock ‘n’ roll, sporting and political activist icon. There is a movie out that I have not ordered from Netflix yet- I […]

(George Washington Plunkitt, D-15 NY. “He seen his opportunities, and he took ‘em. Photo Wikipedia.) I think things are OK with Raven, and thanks for asking. I got no further calls from the staff at Potemkin Village, anyway, and Sunday passed like the rainclouds and occasional thunder cells that rolled over the capital. In between […]

(The little diner on the corner in Culpeper. Photo Loretta Prencipe.) I was having breakfast for a late lunch at The Frost Diner in downtown Culpeper. It was a gray day, misting a bit, though not enough to run the wipers on the Hubrismobile on the way down Rt 29. I had met with the […]

The Pool at Big Pink is going to open in precisely two weeks, and it is time to get serious. Actually, Mary Margaret got me serious while I was still in the Little Village by the Bay, texting me that the cover was off the pool and the porter staff was power-washing the deck. Jiggs […]

(Passengers, top right, subdue a man identified as Rageh Almurisi (not seen, since he is getting his ass kicked by the traveling public) on board an American Airlines flight headed to San Francisco on Sunday, in a photo shot by another passenger. Photo Andrew Wai via AP.) There are thousands of people aloft this morning, […]