(Clockwise are the recent New Works from Socotra House. “Cocktails With the Admiral” is a compilation of the collected thoughts of RADM Mac Showers from his arrival at Pearl in February of 1942 with the big ships still on the bottom. That collection of sea stories was followed in short order by “Voyage to the […]

(Our digital immersion is a revolution in human affairs!) We have agreed to refrain from posing on the partisan parapet and retired without rancor from the fray. There is plenty of emotion going round as people yack about the various crisis situations in progress. The information streams being waved over the public and private places […]

The name “Worm Moon” is thought to relate to the emergence of earthworms from the thawing soils. That is a distillation of the conversation that had gone through full mugs of coffee. The change in soil composition, for example. The little worms start to turn. Ground is softer, with consideration for how armored vehicles might […]

Fox 5 Announces Stage Three of Cherry Blossom Deployment. There are six, but as of yesterday the ‘florets have extended. Halfway to Stage Six and full blossom!). Thursdays are filled with normal excitement but there is more today. The Cherry Blossoms hit Third Degree yesterday in defiance of the cool Canadian breeze over the city. […]

(Rev. Thomas Robert Malthus, RFC. 1798. Image wiki). It was a chaotic staff meeting on Tuesday. Monday had been marred by placement of the Chairman’s detritus works of arts on walls not designed to accommodate them. So, discussion was wide-ranging on the information streams and the various interests behind them. Quite a ride. The Atlanta […]

Thankfully, both Arrias and Marlow contributed pieces that included actual thought this bright Monday morning. We are still amazed at transformation, from Big Pink’s plush Second Deck down to the more formal First, with external departues over The Patio. The dawn comes on clear days around nine-thirty, as you can see from the bright line […]