Ah, I feel something lurching toward us, and I do not mean the stupid election, or the stupid Tea Party or the resurgent strain of Marxism that is raising its hoary and discredited head across the pond. I have to click fast to stay ahead of the political ads that intrusively appear as side-bars to […]

(There is a clue here about what this depicts. Check it out. It might not be what you think. Image businessinsider.com) Let’s take a break, shall we? It is hot and muggy and I feel sluggish this morning. Plus, I am the Poster Boy for Cabin Fever. The Better and Better thing continues, blah blah, […]

(Classic, with Boop. Culpeper Car Show 2010. Photo Socotra.)   I listen to NPR streaming on the satellite broadband at Refuge Farm when I am not blasting The Loft on the satellite radio from the antenna that points North East toward the repeater in geosynchronous orbit. I actually listen to the local outlets in the […]

(The Great Hall at Refuge Farm. Respite for a Refugee. Photo Socotra.) I don’t call it Refuge Farm lightly. The little place nestled between the two creeks has pretty much what you would need to get by in a pinch, and a pinch is what we were in. I was horizontal, looking up, skin dewy […]

(Unhappy pick-up truck on George Mason Drive next to Big Pink on Friday night after the Derecho event. Photo Sara-1). It was hot. My back hurt and the leg ached dully. My skin was sticky. I wanted to be in the pool, but there are still raw openings in the incision and you know what […]

  There is a lot to address this morning, and only some of it is appropriate to the morning story.   The news was electrifying. I was mulling it over all morning and into the afternoon. My physical recovery is continuing, and I can hobble around without the crutches when I forget to pick them […]

(As a shut-in, I have been collecting funny pictures of animals. This Super Groundhog is courtesy of the nice people at Polite Dissent, copyright 2006. It is a fine line between a hobby and madness, as Mr. Barry notes.)   I hate snipers, IEDs and fire in about that order. Floods are acts of the […]

I can’t do irony this morning, or try to highlight some particular aspect of the stupidity of Life in These United States.   I am listening to the press conference at Coronado High School in Colorado Springs. The Fire and Police chiefs are there, and the incident commander and the Forest Service and the Mayor. […]

(Vigilant Chinese monitor PRC claims in the South China Sea. Image by artist Sun Ying.) I got up, marveling that I could stand briefly unassisted and make the bed. The start to Day 32 of recuperation seems like a good one. What did you think about Arizona and the Supreme Court? It seems like a […]

There is an air of unreality here in Washington. It is muggy, people are looking forward to the holiday next week, and the moist cold-and-hot cycle in the weather continues. It may have something to do with the pattern of the jet stream, which is influenced by the Pacific Decadal Oscillation or the effect of […]