OK- Yesterday we fumbled through a brief account of some of the tension in the long grinding conflict caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine across the majestic Donets River. That is the one that drains the East European Plain, originating in central Russia’s Upland north of Belgorod. There has been vigorous periodic fighting there over […]

We had three nice tales lined up for this weekend morning, jockeying for position. One was “green,” being the usual weekly Weather Report with the assortment of unlikely stuff swirling in our world. Ready to go. Another was a biographic adventure of two individuals in our town wrapped up in the swirl we know, a […]

We could leave it at that, you know? The messaging was interesting this morning. The re-hash on the Debate controversy continues, mostly on how the presentation was structured to enable a nice performance by one and a less so by the other. We are pleased to be retired, since we are locked up in obsolete […]

With everything else, ordinary life is having its own moments. The Factory much older than a half century, of course, and when there was active waterfront of interest to the old colonial and new US Governments. The Torpedo Factory is now an art center operated by Alexandria, but it was a production facility for Naval […]

We may be feeling the first part of the title this morning. ‘Callous’ is a great word. At the root, it means ‘ hard,’ like the thick skin that builds up on a working finger. We used to work, so we understand a bit about that aspect. But of course it also can mean insensitive, […]

If you lived it, this was a somewhat similar morning to this on 23 years ago. The sky was clear like it is today. Temperature is cool but comfortable. For those who went to work in Manhattan or over at the Pentagon or in that field in Pennsylvania- we have been to all three locations, […]

You noticed we deliberately avoided the punditry this morning. Section Leader DeMille letting Meat keep the grill cool and ordered breakfast delivery from Punera which was a relief. Nice croissants with some folded egg, frommage and sausage was the approach to safe digestion of the accounts appearing on the tablets next to the still-steaming mugs […]

Got lost at the Podiatrist, a formerly routine local errand now assuming different proportions due to changing times. Word came in that a concert had been cancelled at the Hollywood Bowl due to a “brief blackout” that also disrupted a USC football game at the Coliseum. We were comforted by the announcement from the mayor’s […]

It’s nine-oh-nine, a cheery sounding welcome to the new season! It is clear a rising bright out on The Patio near the HQ and the mugs of Chock full O’ Nuts were not yet cooled against the brisk temps in the low fifties. It was a day filled with prospects and opportunities. Some of us […]

Well, it was chill out on the patio with the first light rising under clear Sunday skies. The first Marlboro- one of the lighter ones that is as much a decorative time marker as a vice- helped set the ambiguous stage of this chaotic change of season. Congress is back, though it is the new […]