It is kind of neat waking up in this transitional season at Refuge Farm. The sun continues to rise in the east. The list of things to accomplish before the onset of Winter is a bit daunting. But the turkeys and roosters start calling a little before dawn, and after a couple seasons, I can […]

Jail break for the turkeys from the Russians. Great afternoon at the farm. Herding cats? Give me a break. Nothing going on today here in the country except assorted poultry. Up north, there seems to be some stuff going on with the acting Director of National Intelligence and that irritating Mr. Schiff. I prefer herding […]

God, I love this time of year in The Swamp. My Wolverines have broken my heat early this season, so that it something out of the way and not to worry about the rest of the season. The Virginia days are gentle, if you are not blocking the Inter-State across town. Demonstrators about something- Climate? […]

(New National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien) So, apparently there was not enough going on here in The Swamp and we had to step it up again. At some point, perhaps sanity will return, but I am not expecting anything much until a year for November. And goodness knows what is going to happen after that. […]

I confess to being in a mild state of alert shock- I was barely over the Hurricane Hysteria. But what an interesting week. I was going to try to salvage something witty and acerbic out of the loss of 50% of Saudi Arabia’s oil export capability, the uncertainty about the loss of what amounts to […]

Dad used to talk about one of the days that seared itself into his memory. The Empire of Japan struck the naval base at Pearl Harbor on the 7th of December 1941, killing about 2,000 sailors and Marines, and throwing an enormous curve at the men and women who would have to live through 1942 […]

Over the last half century or so as a fully enfranchised citizen, I have made a couple observations of life on this planet, at least one of which I will not trouble you. There is plenty of time for that. It has been amazing to have traveled the political terrain over which we walk today. […]

There’s lots of talk about new gun laws, and further narrowing who may carry weapons and what weapons they may carry. But before we go there, let’s ask a more basic question: Who is responsible for protecting you and your family, personally and specifically? If your town was invaded, the police, or the National Guard, […]

As the Hurricane passes the Caribbean enroute a close-aboard pass of the US East Coast, my heart goes out to the people of the Bahamas. They suffered repeated blows from Hurricane Dorian, the scourge of cable news for the last week or so. Dorian stalled, making only a mile-an-hour progress to the northwest and seemed […]

It is the bittersweet end to high summer on the farm. County fairs in the lush green country. Advertising out for the Harvest farm tours. I like the Fall here at Refuge Farm. Labor Day still looms, but the ordinary rhythm of the seasons is as perturbed as everything else these days. My thoughts go […]