We are breaking the sweltering heat of the fullness of history today. It has been twenty or thirty days of stultifying warmth. The flat-screen has been whimpering about triple-digit sweat for weeks. The weather-guessers have been giddy with reports of mildness that could last more than a week, and our pal, president of the Hoosier […]

It is that time of the summer. The one that is a little stressed out with humidity and heat. That has been the challenge here at the Culpeper Rehab Facility. We have a break withan extended forecast staying in the 80s. The Lady in Red claimed there were onlu 30-odd days to Autoumn. To the […]

HAIFA, ISRAEL: INTIFADA FOLLIES œœ 11 © 17 MAR 90 11 MAR: Among the Believers. We dropped the hook at 0730 in the roadstead off Haifa. I was up, bright as a penny, for the Ops Meeting in CVIC. I was already resigned to the inevitable delays in getting off the ship; what with the […]

The Writer’s Section is shooting a bright flare over the rehab center in Culpeper. Home is now not much more distant than the lower slopes of Mount Pony. From the latest temporary accommodation of this adventure. We will keep this edition apart from the details and bright surgical lights as a minor flare. It signifies […]

Editor’s Note: We have a strict policy on commentary regarding policy. Our policy is to not have an official position on anything. – Vic Author’s Note: One reader responded to yesterday’s surly pithiness below with this one liner “I was thinking about it this morning…if not Kamilla, then good old Nancy. Yikes!” Here now are […]

(Russians rocket Odesa the day after inking an agreement to re-open Ukrainian ports). The games of Summer are continuing as Fall looms. Issues are war, food and energy. In terms of what is happening in one of the problem areas: · Ukraine and Russia seal deal to open Odesa port 22 July · Intended to […]

The Writers Section at Refuge Farm threatened an update on Energy for this week. We have not reconsidered that matter, though the perspective on the issue has been as transitory as some other issues are not. The dead-even balance in the Senate between Blue and Red is clearly the factor this week, and Senator Joe […]

I was thinking about Docs yesterday since I have to go and see one this morning. This one wants to do a plunge into my left leg and look at a clot, which has been the cause of some circulatory issues. I have not burdened you with a series of missives regarding Medical Adventures, They […]

Editor’s Note: We like to kick off Monday morning with what contributing savant Arrias likes to term his “Weekly Article.” It is stimulating stuff and there is a lot to talk about. There were some troubling issues in his essay “What Next?” The one in point is the culmination of more than 40 years of […]

You know it is a holy day today for several of the religious faiths. We are an inclusive bunch at Refuge Farm, as you are aware. We do our best to ensure that our diverse congregants, practicing or not, have the freedom to express and celebrate their views of their paths to eternity. Sometimes that […]