Editor’s Note: This element of travel tales has lingered for a while. The date on it may be a notional one- it reads “10 June 1979,” which must have been an ancient date scrawled later to signify celebrating a 28th birthday in a place far away. The claimed copyright is dated in the year of […]

(Julie demonstrates an eventual Sound of Music in the Alps once the remotes were sorted out!) The morning actually got unbroke, which was a relief. That is not to disparage the fine installation work conducted by FIOS installation technician Antoinne last Thursday. The thin white cable required for fiberoptic connectivity appeared to be routed correctly, […]

It was a nearly successful move downslope yesterday. You can see there are a few things left to be moved around in the new unit. There are plenty of boxes, many of them full, and the Latinx crew who arrived in a timely manner to ask us not to use the “x” thing at the […]

(Image 01 March 2023 courtesy NBC Washington DC) “The cherry trees have progressed to florets visible, the 2nd of 6 stages. Depending on the weather, peak bloom should be around 3 weeks away!” @NationalMallNPS tweeted. Naturally, the news was electrifying. The cherry blossoms down around the Tidal Basin hit Stage Two on their germination process. […]

(Ms Chandsi Kataria of New Delhi demonstrates the dance she will perform in New York’s Times Square to illuminate the American budget process. Photo Kataria). It is gone now, and frankly we are a little relieved. It was a mild February in the Eastern US. It had all sorts of stuff, a flurry of little […]

You would think the skies would know which way the prevailing winds blow, you know? Like the climate models, it depends on how you load up the computer with the assumptions of the programmer. If you believe in the story you are attempting to tell, naturally the process will direct you to what you know […]

have inflicted almost 5,000 missile strikes, 3,500 air strikes, and more than 1,100 drone strikes on the territory of Ukraine24 February 2023 Life During Wartime, Part 2 It is an anniversary this morning, and has been for a few hours. The featured event is in Ukraine and has been highly anticipated, and the fireworks about […]

(This ad accurately reflects the “pros” and “cons” of “survival,” either way. Remember Civil Defense?) Seasonably cool and grey this morning in Virginia. A look at the information streams flowing off the flat-screen showed sharp dichotomies on what we are supposed to believe, several of them with potential consequences. Socotra House is an alert organization […]

It is a week featuring the exercise of power in this Vale of Tears. There is the anniversary of the land war in Europe, of course. That brings back recollections of two global conflicts, augmented by our own wars in MittleEurope. This week, China’s President Xi visited Moscow to assure Mr. Putin of his support […]

Admiral Elmo “Bud” Zumwalt was in the middle of a change in an old institution that in it’s time had some of the same reverberations we are experiencing today. The impact was profound on those who had served the old system as the one today. The Professional Organization to which some of us still belong […]