Author: Vic Socotra

The Rift on the Right

There is some stuff going on. The small groups of people who still communicate around the media streams are concerned. Mr. Trump made an effort in the Mid-Term Melt Down, but some of the red press is now advocating we “move on.” I am interested in it for the various reasons. The Blues have a […]

12 November 2003 Bought the Ticket- Let’s Ride! A picture containing textDescription automatically generated (Motto of the US State of Georgia. We all may be needing it shortly). Sorting it out is a challenge, isn’t it? There are challenges all around. Here at home, we still don’t know the composition of the Future. The American […]

An Armistice This Day

We know the new name for the day, but there are the remnants of a hurricane darkening the Piedmont sky above and the rain from the south is a uniform steady soak. There has been talk about early November weather of late amid trouble around the world. The anniversary of the wreck of ore-carrier Edmund […]

Post Election Weather Report

Morning, Folks! There is some excitement this morning as the impact of the ambiguous Mid-Term Election is converted into reaction. The deck appears remarkably divided and consequences are still being determined. There was a report that the government might be looking at Mr. Elon Musk about his business activities, so there is an air of […]

Life & Island Times: Blue or Red, Just Like Black

Author’s Note: Woke up this morning under windy, grey, Nicole-sodden skies with cable channel talking heads yammering on about “Blue or Red.” My immediate rough response was “Same as Black…” -Marlow Blue or red, just like black Blue or red, just like black Night cold fell hard again, we’re all alone Skin wet and chilled […]

Harvest time is over

Author’s Note: Now that this transformational mid-term hoo-haa election with the impact of a small dry fart is dissipating, I have this short piece to offer. -Marlow Let’s talk a bit about today’s subject after a decidedly ho-hum election where hair-on-fire predictions of coming possible frauds were rampant. Despite some huffing and puffing on various […]

Voting In Balance

Since some of us in the Bunk House have certain personal requirements to rise in the middle of the night, there was some general consensus on the events of yesterday. General agreement was that there were grounds for some elation on both ends of the spectrum. Not so much in the middle. So, we have […]

Life & Island Times: Peanu​t Butter Box Is Here

Editor’s Note: a NSFW image concludes Marlow’s Election Day Essay. You can save yourself from seeing the expletive if you just read the lucid words and quickly hit the exit button as you get further on and see the top of the colorful image. You might go vote. – Vic 08 November “Election Day” 2022 […]