But most of these characters were hanging around due to the ominous date approaching on Tuesday: Deirdre is in a tizzy since Miles says her cookbook is going to hit the streets on Tuesday, and she only got the ISBN data for the technical stuff on Friday. So, she made everyone else who has a […]

There was a stirring in the Conference Room on the fourth deck of the Trillium building in Farmer Tysons Corner. There is a screen on the Socotra home page that appears after the “home” page with a global map covered with scrawls and lines. It is fairly comprehensive in the east-west direction, with occasional excursions […]

The above is what was approved last April. It is a big monument, signifying the start of a new century of national power. There has been some other activity in town that is remarkable for its energy. And for the jolts and sparks that will not settle into the usual gray legislative cycle of pale […]

This one caught Splash and Vic by surprise. they had been analyzing the five US Senate races to see what sort of mischief would be coming up. The image above shows the level of discourse that will be coming up in Michigan as they decide who will represent them in the coming struggles here in […]

Hi! Deirdre here, now free that the fritters are done in the Galley. The messaging this morning is all over. Miles told me he was going to look at the mass shootings reported here and up in Michigan and Kentucky. The news here in DC is more settled, like how access to some of the […]

Morning, Gentle Readers! Pastor Frank here to provide a Sunday Word for the Gentle Readership at Socotra House! Miles asked me to try to integrate some of the various messaging streams in the news this week. One of them had The Boys out on the South Patio making all sorts of noise last night. Major […]

This is a tough one, and some of the news caught Vic hard yesterday. The Crowd had gone to the County Fair over in our Fifteen Minute neighbor jurisdiction of Arlington. Miles wanted us to take a deliberate break, look around at the middle of August and appreciate the blessings of nature and our nation’s […]

Miles looked up from the screen at the end of the Conference Table. Rocket and Splash had gone away someplace they claimed needed attention. Deirdre and Holly were working on some emerging issues in the Galley. Kieth and the Kids were attempting to figure out how we are going to manage things next week, and […]

It was a small-craft-advisory sort of day here in DELMARVA. The morning exuberance had been tempered by clouds, despite Deirdre’s invitation to a campanito drink mixed and served in the customary brown ceramic cups. The gray skies produced enough wind and turmoil to disrupt the web connection on the roof, and it was not until […]