April 2017 – Vic Socotra

April 30, 2017 Vic Socotra

Black April

(Blast from the Past, courtesy of the New York Daily News). This morning marks the end of Black April, forty-two years to the day since Saigon fell to the communists on April 30, 1975. I am not sure if it is correct to use the phrase, given the sensitivity so many of us have with […]

April 29, 2017 Vic Socotra

The Human Condition

Corner bar, could be almost anywhere, A hunter, denied the natural chance To chase, and kill, and provide meat, Hunts for money he put in his pants… copyright J.P.N. | Poetry, Etc., From Kanagawa, South of Tokyo, Japan www.carllafong.blogspot.jp

April 29, 2017 Vic Socotra

Rumsfeld’s Wisdom

There is what you know, And what you don’t know, Then there is what you do Not know you don’t know… Try as you might to learn, The unknown may confuse What you strive to discern… copyright J.P.N. | Poetry, Etc., From Kanagawa, South of Tokyo, Japan www.carllafong.blogspot.jp

April 28, 2017 Vic Socotra

Getting My Irish Up

Busy morning in Arlington. I had a pop-up 0900 conference call that I almost forgot to dial in to. Then the Porters showed up to prepare and inspect the unit for the cut-over from heating to cooling season. You know, rhythms of the season and all that, and I as pleased the unit looked all […]

April 27, 2017 Vic Socotra

Life & Island Times: 5 AM

Editor’s Note: one of Savannah’s most earnest scribblers contributes this poetic gem this morning. It reminds me of lying in bed at Refuge Farm, listening to the lonely sound of the horn on the freight train rolling down the tracks that my ancestors helped to build. Trains, and night. A lot going on here, none […]

April 25, 2017 Vic Socotra

Arrias on Politics: Civil Ignorance and Common Interests

Editor’s Note: Standard disclaimer. Arrias is a real person with a distinct and discerning mind of his own. – Vic Civil Ignorance and Common Interests A frenzied press “revealed” that after President Trump publicly stated he was moving an aircraft carrier towards Korea, the carrier actually departed port and headed south – the opposite direction […]

April 25, 2017 Vic Socotra

Life & Island Times: Death Arrived on Time

Editor’s Note: Traditional Disclaimer: This is a touching tribute to friendship from Marlow, who is a real live human being. – Vic Death Arrived on Time Death arrived on time this past Tuesday morning. It was easier than we thought it would have been. Ned had been suffering from congestive heart failure for several years; […]

April 24, 2017 Vic Socotra

Life & Island Times: March for Science

Editor’s Note: Standard disclaimer applies. Marlow’s voice is his own. – Vic March for Science W and I were taking in the annual hidden garden tour of old town Savannah yesterday, when the Hostess City’s March for Science shambled past us. Not much science, no chanting. science celebrating or politics was in evidence. Even the […]

April 23, 2017 Vic Socotra

Correcting the Record

It was a hell of a weekend. Rain all day yesterday, not a bad thing, we need it, but it seemed to be in keeping for the big March for Science that has us all excited. I think it was Earth Day as well, and I would have worn my starched white Lab Coat, but […]

April 22, 2017 Vic Socotra

Rus Uz

It is raining in Arlington this morning and generally too crappy to go outside and do anything more than drink coffee and look at the puddles. That was not the case last night, in which the Willow Refugees struck out in a bold new direction- a clear step toward “getting in touch with our inner […]

Month: April 2017