The Chairman sent one of the Interns down to the Fire Ring this morning to say we were advancing up the list of those without power due to Winter Storm “Frida.” We think that is the name, but after the new back-up generator failed around sundown last night- that would be Monday, for many of […]

Co-Op power down at 0900, so in addition, first use of new Generex back up power! It works!

“The Chairman says we can start in on the challenges we are going to face in the new year tomorrow. There will only be three “2’s” in the date, and he thinks that is going to be something useful going forward.” “So we can’t talk about any of the three bubbling crises in the world, […]

Refuge Farm has modified the moment for the traditional change of the string of numbers that incrementally define our lives. This one was the sort of mutable string whose novelty is passing- “01/01” added together yields a sum of “2.” You can see there is a sort of theme thing going on. That and keeping […]

Let’s be precise here- we are quoting some Chinese thoughts, and in this year their imagery is strong across the planet. What is a water Tiger? It is a term that is utilized only each sixty years. This will be the second edition some of us have seen, notably the Boomers and their remaining seniors. […]

DeMille thought the Chairman wouldn’t mind a look at what is hanging out there, ready for us on a coming Monday in which it all begins to swirl in earnest. Not mentioned directly are the coming mid-term elections in the United States which will drive all sorts of unexpected things- the 1/6 Investigation rom one […]

(Vic, Natasha and Grace a few days ago). The year is not over, but there is a small list of things that needed to be accomplished against the tyranny of the clock and calendar. The Wedding naturally was on the top, since our new status needed to be registered with the instruments of the State. […]

The Chairman was still asleep as Christmas began to box up its various appurtenances for careful storage. Not that anyone was acting on it, except to tip our collective toppers to a marvelous holiday, and began to prepare for the next holiday with a somewhat harder edge, the birth of a New Year. There were […]

Not that it was- I think June or July in 1998 is more accurate. This image popped up in the holiday search for items to highlight the year to come against those of years past. In the image below, I was still active duty, and had been drawn into the web of my favorite Congressman. […]

On this glorious Christmas morning, there is a palpable joy in the air at Refuge Farm. The crimson-tinged sun rising amid the sky streaked with the passing clouds of an old year. Joy and merriment is abundant here. Splash carefully folded his sleeping bag, and a merry fire was sparking with delight in the Fire […]