Splash was agitated. The warm spell that accompanied the tornedo outbreak that swept across five states had everyone a little on edge, since Melissa has family out there. It was close enough to some of them that a short drive could have taken them to see the devastation in Mayfeld, Kentucky. If the roads were […]

DeMille is the de facto leader of the Writer’s Section at Socotra House. He had done the rounds with Legal, HR and Management in the morning and was back by the Fire Ring. He was now attempting to keep the group focused on the mission statement posted over the lintel of the door to the […]

(Thin sheets of pulp paper spliced together in booklet format were part of the trash Splash brought along on his life journey. He claims to have purchased this odd collection in 1966. He also claims to recognize the figure pointing at America, now largely unknown). We had some great kids visit the Farm yesterday. They […]

(Gandy Dancers at Work) Editor’s Note: This one takes me back across family records, ancient times and modern digital records. Bear with me- it is a screed of sorts, but a way to approach some of the turmoil abroad in this fair land that recognizes some of the history being erased. – Vic It started […]

The Writer’s Section at Socotra House was working on a piece on the American Justice system. You know why. The media took three recent trials and turned them into prime-time entertainment, surrounded by a storm of opinion in full color and amplified with dramatic body-camera imagery. You will not be surprised that there was some […]

There was mild excitement at The Farm over a minor dental emergency. A large bite at an exquisite sandwich on a delightful crusty French loaf was the direct cause. The tiny sliver of something that crunched between jaws was the augur of trouble. Discussion around the Fire Circle veered from the need to hire 80,000 […]

A note today that is briefer than Marlow’s tome yesterday morning about things we might remember as we stumble on towards the distant light. This one featured the strange tranquility of the heavens and the lure of public lucre. You can see that above. Sometimes there are nearly thirty of these big creatures, either perched […]

(Picture on top is of marchers yesterday in Your Nation’s Capitol. Lower left was last summer. Lower right is one taken of the hoax against a gubernatorial campaign in Virginia last month). “Activists disrupted rush-hour traffic around the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to demand congressional action on a host of liberal issues, including climate change, […]

Twenty years ago my niece wrote me, asking for some details about Pearl Harbor. I happened to have some, not through living that morning, now eighty years ago. But because it was a place we lived for nearly five years. I wrote her back immediately, saying: “I am far too young to have any first […]

First up on the weekly production cycle was an insightful piece from Arrias on how we miscalculate things globally, and make goofy policy decisions e will all pay for. Well intentioned, mind you, which is why the Interns are tired at this time of the year. They have to take the “Footnote” signs out to […]