It feels like summer, and the meteorologic answer is simple. The hot season started yesterday, and will, with increasing humidity, be with us until the end of August. We yell the morning forecast across the fence in the morning to let the entire Writer’s Collective know what they should be prepared for in the course […]

We will start with the usual disclaimer that we support without reservation any Government official specifically referenced in the provisions of UCMJ Article 88. The Legal section at Socotra House is taking the weekend off, so they sent a text about staying away from any comment on the situation at the Border, which as DHS […]

Well, there it is. All that stuff is going on, all the elements surging around us in those curious distinct bands of info and misinformation. As a matter of custom, we will avoid talk about the contents of all those little bullets to avoid liability in case of abrupt changes of law. On this morning, […]

There was already one this morning, and you may have seen it. You know, it’s another in the torrent of information in which the narratives successfully immerse us. There is still “breaking news,” of course, but it is under constant manipulation to suit the various Greater Purposes. We were told before we even got seated […]

It is Sunday, and you caught us in transition mode between “production” and “assembly.” Big progress on the “Traveling Music” book about exotic ventures in hot spots around the world. The manuscript has been moved successfully from one in basket to another. That was enough to prompt an afternoon of dining and horticulture and left […]

There was a brief blurb in the news about a Korean Incident. Apparently a NORK patrol boat was chasing a Chinese boat and ventured south of the Northern Limit Line. It collided with a ROK patrol boat. Two sailors died. Some of used to work those incidents, which always had the potential for incidental escalation. […]