Vic Socotra | Cooking for a Crowd We need to speak honestly for a change. Our Boomers never walked beneath this particular awning at Zingerman’s Delicatessen at 522 Detroit Street in Ann Arbor. Holly and Vic went to school there and can claim time under the one erected in the 1930s, but the successor that […]

Perfect for a shift change, or a comforting Fall luncheon! And easy to prepare once you know how many of the stuffed breasts to pull out of the freezer to thaw overnight. Dont except any joking around- this is about chickens and nutrition, nothing else. Everyone gets a breast! ANd there could be a ceasefire […]

Legal sent Fast Eddie over to monitor the afternoon session since there was the possibility that sex, age, experience and faulty assumptions could be presented as breaking news in the midst of all the other stuff. This is from VIc’s Stuff, or what we should call “VICSTUFF” for short, since he and Holly and three […]

There are fewer than two weeks remaining before the midterm elections, and the national conversation seems to have taken a peculiar turn toward the distant past. We have allegations involving childhood events from decades ago, elderly mothers being drawn into political arguments, and another round of revelations concerning O.J. Simpson, who has been dead for […]

The Afternoon Watch-Section Special There was a time when every church basement in the Upper Midwest had a folding table groaning under the weight of casseroles. The Navy had much the same arrangement, except we called it the mess deck and steam tables, and the people arriving for supper had generally been working odd hours […]

This is a ChatGPT update of an old 1957 original from VIc’s Dad, designer WER. In this modern reconstructed version a contemporary image of Betty, Vic’s Mom, is included at the wheel. WER taught Betty to drive, since her Dad passed at the beginning of the War Years and never had a chance. His portfolio […]

Miles had a quick session with Deirdre and Holly this morning about Rocket and the freezer stocks and the October re-stocking purchases. There were some things that need to be cleaned out to make room for the holiday supplies that will be arriving shortly. Thanksgiving is coming, Christmas is not far behind, and there is […]

OK, the challenge this morning was to get everyone settled down and ready for another week of what passes for normal human activity these days. Some of us had taken Sunday off with Pastor Frank, who led a non-denominational sojourn through memories of a trip he once made to a lovely old church town in […]

It is one of those perfect strings of autumn’, as she brsuhes her chill hsnd against the lush riot of the Virginia summer. the colors of change are in the air and emotions are up, so we are supporting an attempt to get organized now that the sporting events are done and the Election looms. […]

It’s not THE Season, mind you, but we have two more celebrations to get out of the way before we start getting to the serious business. The one impending in an eerie 13 days is All Hallow’s Eve, which will have all the neighborhood players join in the boo-hoo chaos while saving some energy for […]