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 […]

In the olden days, this was the month to raise money back in the home district, take a junket, or just go to the beach. Some things do not change. I wish I was at the beach, though confess that the view of the pastures is pretty cool now that the hydrangea has been cut […]

The heat and humidity linger as September looms, but there was actually a hint of chill in the air when the roosters next door started to get going a little before five. I like it. There is no possible way to roll over and tap the rooster on the head and go back to sleep. […]

No one does cars like the Hoosiers, nor celebrates the astonishing contraptions that put us on the road to the elegance of the Cords and Auburns that invested the cornfields of the great heartland with an Art Deco elegance. A lot of folks think of Detroit as the Motor City. Maybe it was the buckle […]

I had a pretty good sleep here at Refuge Farm. It is quiet. No mob out front screaming anything. I am determined not to do anything that will get me doxxed…well, at least nothing I am doing currently. Apparently life is an open book now, no and since being accused is the same as being […]