Author: vicSocotra

Now, and THEN from Socotra House

This started out as one of Holly’s dinner recipes- a sweet and sour meatball dish with hash brown casserole- but we got lost when two ancient immages of rail cars appeared in a directory in a hard drive un-opened in twenty years. AI updated colors and sharpness on what some of us thought Rambler rail […]

Section Leader Miles Returns

Section Leader Miles came back from his mental-health break to discover that the news had not taken one. Deirdre had made fritters that morning, which at least suggested civilization remained possible. Coffee was hot. The midterms were approaching. And somewhere between those two reassuring facts sat a war that increasingly seemed capable of writing the […]

Sunday Word With Pastor Frank

  Morning, Gentle Readers! The Creative Section heard the news about the strange announcement from Iran about Oman and the Strait of Hormuz. It was a curious sort of press release which seemed to be warning Mr. Trump to clear the US Navy out of the region and abandon its campaign against the righteous and […]

Rocket’s Himalayan Salt Planks

(Rocket is working on the big plank. We have a smaller one to use up in the Galley fridge if doing shift-change buffet!”) Looking to add a little adventure to your culinary life? This hand-carved Himalayan salt plank is a beautiful, versatile tool for cooking and serving food in unexpected ways. Himalayan salt’s dense crystalline […]

100% Success!

  We would go into the excitement in more detail, but this was what Pastor Frank and Walter Socotra cam up with since peace may be holding without resolution over in Hormuz and our pundit crowd is left a little at loose ends. Walter made an effort to get cleaned up, and you can see […]

Time Travel Wednesday

When History Can Wait Until Supper With the situation in the Strait of Hormuz apparently on pause—for the moment—we’re taking advantage of the lull to conduct another important operation. Pulled Beef Roast Wednesday. Rocket has command of the main effort, tending two three-pound Wyoming Pure beef roasts rubbed generously with Mama’s BBQ Sprinkles and a […]

Eight Generations in Two Slides

Sorry, folks- don’t mean to clog the in-basket but this was one of those things that popped up when attempting to clean out one of those other things and it got deep fast! I’m not one of the two slides. It would be easier! I wish this one started with a look at the sort […]

Time Travel

Hi! Vic here this morning, deputized by Section Leader Miles to cover the morning watch with the Time Travel Bridge while we wait to see whether the emerging peace holds—or whether we return to limited combat over the Really BIG Stuff later today. We think Miles wandered over to the VABC store on Route 7, […]

A Horn Pipe Salute to the USCG!

Today marks the 236th birthday of the United States Coast Guard. On August 4, 1790, Alexander Hamilton’s vision became reality when President George Washington signed the Tariff Act authorizing ten revenue cutters to protect the young Republic, enforce the tariff laws, and guard America’s coastlines. One cutter was assigned to each major port, built by […]

Dearborn From Our Dreams

Socotra House 15-Minute County Travel Advisory Pastor Frank Note: “Morning, Folks! Miles is still out tis morning and he said from his bed he is not coming back until the shooting starts again and he comfortable. There is a lot flying around about US Embassies warning people not to be where they are, wherever that […]