Section Leader Miles came back from his mental-health break to discover that the news had not taken one. Deirdre had made fritters that morning, which at least suggested civilization remained possible. Coffee was hot. The midterms were approaching. And somewhere between those two reassuring facts sat a war that increasingly seemed capable of writing the […]

  Morning, Gentle Readers! The Creative Section heard the news about the strange announcement from Iran about Oman and the Strait of Hormuz. It was a curious sort of press release which seemed to be warning Mr. Trump to clear the US Navy out of the region and abandon its campaign against the righteous and […]

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  We would go into the excitement in more detail, but this was what Pastor Frank and Walter Socotra cam up with since peace may be holding without resolution over in Hormuz and our pundit crowd is left a little at loose ends. Walter made an effort to get cleaned up, and you can see […]

Sorry, folks- don’t mean to clog the in-basket but this was one of those things that popped up when attempting to clean out one of those other things and it got deep fast! I’m not one of the two slides. It would be easier! I wish this one started with a look at the sort […]

Hi! Vic here this morning, deputized by Section Leader Miles to cover the morning watch with the Time Travel Bridge while we wait to see whether the emerging peace holds—or whether we return to limited combat over the Really BIG Stuff later today. We think Miles wandered over to the VABC store on Route 7, […]

Today marks the 236th birthday of the United States Coast Guard. On August 4, 1790, Alexander Hamilton’s vision became reality when President George Washington signed the Tariff Act authorizing ten revenue cutters to protect the young Republic, enforce the tariff laws, and guard America’s coastlines. One cutter was assigned to each major port, built by […]

Socotra House 15-Minute County Travel Advisory Pastor Frank Note: “Morning, Folks! Miles is still out tis morning and he said from his bed he is not coming back until the shooting starts again and he comfortable. There is a lot flying around about US Embassies warning people not to be where they are, wherever that […]

Or, Vic’s Tequila-Lime Shrimp Platter Word this morning brought several elements of the Creative Section to the Conference Table on the Fourth Floor just as the first light appeared in the east through the big glass windows. Did peace just break out in the Middle East? That is one of the streams playing on the […]

Morning, Gentle Readers! Miles had asked Pastor Frank if he might contribute a short liturgical note on Sundays—nothing compulsory, nothing too ecclesiastical, and only when the Spirit, the headlines or the breakfast coffee moved him. Frank said he would, and this morning’s announcement of what better actually termed “a Reciprocal Pause,” in combat operations over […]